Definition of Seminar

1. Noun. Any meeting for an exchange of ideas.

Generic synonyms: Conference

2. Noun. A course offered for a small group of advanced students.

Definition of Seminar

1. n. A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- called also seminary.

Definition of Seminar

1. Noun. A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor. ¹

2. Noun. A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seminar

1. an advanced study group at a college or university [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seminar

seminar (current term)
seminarian
seminarians
seminaries
seminarist
seminarists
seminarlike
seminarrative
seminars
seminated
seminates
semination
seminationalized

Literary usage of Seminar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Training of Teachers for Secondary Schools in Germany and the United States by John Franklin Brown (1911)
"These scholarships are assigned at the close of the semester by the director in accordance with the decision of the leaders of the seminar, on the basis of ..."

2. The Training of Teachers for Secondary Schools in Germany and the United States by John Franklin Brown (1911)
"These scholarships are assigned at the close of the semester by the director in accordance with the decision of the leaders of the seminar, on the basis of ..."

3. In Search of Population Policy: Views from the Developing World by National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1974)
"PERCEPTIONS OF POPULATION PROBLEMS seminar participants saw the present high population growth rates as a problem in all their countries, except for Kuwait ..."

4. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1877)
"The only thing that concerns us here is that seminar training, ... There are also examinations on the seminar. The seminar, which continues through the two ..."

5. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1914)
"These pro-seminar courses will, in certain cases, be combined with the corresponding ... seminar in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry. Professor LEWIS. 291. ..."

6. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1898)
"The Archaeological Giro and the Philological seminar, by Professor Minton Warren, of Johns Hopkins University, President of the Association. ..."

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