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HOME | Definition of symposium (SYMPOSIUM, Symposium)


    Symposium \Sym*po"si*um\, n.; pl. Symposia. [L., fr. Gr.
    sympo`sion a drinking party, feast; sy`n with + po`sis a
    drinking. See Syn-, and cf. Potable.]
    1. A drinking together; a merry feast. --T. Warton.
    [1913 Webster]

    2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a
    common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to
    the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
    [1913 Webster]

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    symposium
    n : a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some
    topic especially one in which the participants form an
    audience and make presentations
    [also: symposia (pl)]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    140 Moby Thesaurus words for "symposium":
    Festschrift, airing, album, ana, analects, analysis, anthology,
    assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, bacchanal, bacchanalia,
    bacchanalian, ball, bat, beauties, bender, binge, bout, brawl,
    bust, buzz session, canon, canvassing, carousal, carouse, caucus,
    celebration, chrestomathy, collectanea, collected works,
    collection, colloquium, commission, committee, compilation,
    complete works, compotation, conclave, concourse, conference,
    congregation, congress, consideration, conventicle, convention,
    convocation, council, dance, date, debate, debating, debauch,
    delectus, deliberation, dialectic, dialogue, diet, discussion,
    drinking, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, drunkenness,
    eisteddfod, examination, exchange of views, festivity, fete,
    florilegium, flowers, forgathering, forum, garden, garland,
    gathering, get-together, gulping, guzzle, guzzling, housewarming,
    imbibing, imbibition, investigation, jag, joint discussion,
    lapping, levee, logical analysis, logical discussion, meet,
    meeting, miscellanea, miscellany, nipping, omnibus,
    open discussion, open forum, orgy, panel, panel discussion, party,
    photograph album, plenum, potation, prom, pub-crawl, pulling,
    quaffing, quorum, quotation book, rally, rap, rap session,
    reception, rendezvous, review, scrapbook, seance, seminar, session,
    shindig, sit-in, sitting, slipping, soiree, spree, study, swigging,
    swilling, synod, tasting, tear, toot, town meeting, treatment,
    turnout, ventilation, wassail

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


symposia (pl)


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