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Symposium

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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

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Symposium

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noun plural -siums or -sia (-zɪə)
1. 
a conference or meeting for the discussion of some subject, esp an academic topic or social problem
2. 
a collection of scholarly contributions, usually published together, on a given subject
3. 
(in classical Greece) a drinking party with intellectual conversation, music, etc

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Symposium

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nounWord forms: plural symˈposiums or symˈposia (sɪmˈpoʊziə ; simpōˈzēə)
1. 
in ancient Greece, a drinking party at which there was intellectual conversation
2. 
any meeting or social gathering at which ideas are freely exchanged
3. 
a conference organized for the discussion of some particular subject
4. 
a collection of opinions, esp. a published group of essays, on a given subject

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Symposium

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