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sym·po·si·um  (sm-pz-m)

n. pl. sym·po·si·ums or sym·po·si·a (-z-)

1. A meeting or conference for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.

2. A collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine.

3. A convivial meeting for drinking, music, and intellectual discussion among the ancient Greeks.

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[Latin, drinking party, from Greek sumposion : sun-, syn- + posis, drinking; see p(i)- in Indo-European roots.]

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symposium [sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm]

n pl -siums, -sia [-zɪə]

1. (Social Science / Education) a conference or meeting for the discussion of some subject, esp an academic topic or social problem

2. (Social Science / Education) a collection of scholarly contributions, usually published together, on a given subject

3. (Historical Terms) (in classical Greece) a drinking party with intellectual conversation, music, etc.

[via Latin from Greek sumposion, from sumpinein to drink together, from sum- syn- + pinein to drink]

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symposium

learned discussion of a particular topic. Also spelled symposion.

See also: Learning

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Symposium a collection of opinions, 1882; a conference on a specific topic, 1869; a drinking party, 1748—Wilkes.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

symposium - a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations conference - a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)

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symposium

noun congress, meeting, conference, convention, seminar, caucus (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), colloquium He had been taking part in an international symposium on population.

Translations

symposium [sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm] N (symposiums or symposia (pl)) [sɪmˈpəʊzɪə] → simposio m

symposium [sɪmˈpəʊziəm] n → symposium m

symposium

n pl <-s or symposia> → Symposium nt, → Symposion nt

symposium [sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm] n (symposia (pl)) → simposio