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Definition of Symposium
1. Noun. A meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.
Definition of Symposium
1. n. A drinking together; a merry feast.
Definition of Symposium
1. Noun. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations. ¹
2. Noun. (''in ancient Greece'') A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Symposium
1. a conference for the purpose of discussion [n -SIA or -SIUMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Symposium
Literary usage of Symposium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The symposium usually followed a dinner, for the Greeks did not drink at meals.
... A conference or conversation at a banquet; a symposium. ..."
2. Classical Weekly (1910)
"GL symposium ON FIRST YEAR LATIN. At the annual meeting of The Classical Association
of the Atlantic States held at Haverford College on April 23-24 last, ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Orchids (symposium), comprising different parts; see also the culture under the
... Planting (symposium), comprising more than twenty articles on special ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"AMERICA AND THE LEAGUE A symposium—VIII iHE recent meeting of the Assembly of the
... As we have already stated in the preceding chapters of the symposium, ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Idea« (In business) Does the suggestion box pay? symposium. ... See Sterrett,
Frances Ignorance Bombardment of unfortified brains; symposium. ..."
6. Annual Conference Proceedings of the American Library Association by American Library Association. Conference, American Library Association (1910)
"We are to take up next the recreation symposium, which is in charge of Mr. Samuel
... RECREATION symposium Mr. RANCK was the first speaker on the symposium ..."
7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The symposium usually followed a dinner, for the Greeks did not drink at meals.
... A conference or conversation at a banquet; a symposium. ..."
8. Classical Weekly (1910)
"GL symposium ON FIRST YEAR LATIN. At the annual meeting of The Classical Association
of the Atlantic States held at Haverford College on April 23-24 last, ..."
9. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Orchids (symposium), comprising different parts; see also the culture under the
... Planting (symposium), comprising more than twenty articles on special ..."
10. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"AMERICA AND THE LEAGUE A symposium—VIII iHE recent meeting of the Assembly of the
... As we have already stated in the preceding chapters of the symposium, ..."
11. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Idea« (In business) Does the suggestion box pay? symposium. ... See Sterrett,
Frances Ignorance Bombardment of unfortified brains; symposium. ..."
12. Annual Conference Proceedings of the American Library Association by American Library Association. Conference, American Library Association (1910)
"We are to take up next the recreation symposium, which is in charge of Mr. Samuel
... RECREATION symposium Mr. RANCK was the first speaker on the symposium ..."
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