Symposium

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A meeting or conference for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.
  • n. A collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine.
  • n. A convivial meeting for drinking, music, and intellectual discussion among the ancient Greeks.
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  • n. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
  • n. A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A drinking together; a merry feast.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A drinking together; a compotation; a merry feast; a convivial meeting.
  • n. Hence, in a loose use, any collection of opinions, as of commentators on a disputed passage; in a recent use, a collection of short articles, as in a magazine, by several writers, on various aspects of a given topic: as, a symposium on the Indian question.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    conference   
    Variant
    symposia   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eas   
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    Bacchanalia    perfectionism   
     
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