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1. (n.) forum
the marketplace or public square of an ancient Roman city, the center of judicial and business affairs and place of assembly.
2. forum
a court; tribunal.
3. forum
a meeting place for discussion of matters of public interest or a means through which such discussion can be conducted, as a newspaper.
4. forum
a public meeting or assembly for such discussion.
5. forum
a discussion of a public issue or other serious topic by a select group, as of experts or specialists, esp. a radio or television broadcast for this purpose.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < L: marketplace, public place)
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| Definition of 'forum' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) forum
a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
2. (noun) forum, assembly, meeting place
a public facility to meet for open discussion
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1. (noun) forum
a place or website where a subject can be discussed
an Internet forum; an international forum on globalization
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) forum
a market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people
2. (noun) forum
a tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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forum
A safety-valve for letting out superfluous air. _E. g._, "Let the Forum always be open to the people, and let the treasury always be open to us."--From Titus Livy's _Psychology of the First Contractor_.
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. forum
[Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. fora
or forums] Any discussion group
accessible through a dial-in BBS, a
mailing list, or a newsgroup
(see the network). A forum functions much like a
bulletin board; users submit postings for all to
read and discussion ensues. Contrast real-time chat via
talk mode or point-to-point personal
email.
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Sense: any public place in which discussions take place, speeches are made etc
In modern times the television studio is as much a forum for public opinion as the market-places of ancient Rome used to be.
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 Afrikaans: forum |
 Arabic: ساحَه عامّه في روما القَد |
 Bulgarian: форум |
 Brazilian: foro |
 Czech: fórum |
 German: das Forum |
 Danish: forum |
 Greek: δημόσιος χώρος συζητήσεων |
 Spanish: foro |
 Estonian: foorum |
 Farsi: مکان عمومی برای تبادل نظر |
 Finnish: foorumi |
 French: forum |
 Hebrew: בָּמָה |
 Hindi: न्यायालय |
 Croatian: forum, trg, javno mjesto |
 Hungarian: fórum |
 Indonesian: forum |
 Icelandic: staður ætlaður til almenn |
 Italian: foro, tribunale |
 Japanese: 公開討論の場 |
 Korean: 공개 토론의 장, 광장 |
 Lithuanian: forumas |
 Latvian: forums; diskusiju vieta |
 Malay: forum |
 Dutch: forum |
 Norwegian: forum |
 Polish: forum |
 Persian: مکان عمومی برای تبادل نظر |
 Pashto: دخلكو درا غونډيدو ځاى، جر |
 Portuguese: foro |
 Romanian: forum |
 Russian: форум |
 Slovak: fórum, voľná tribúna |
 Slovenian: forum |
 Serbian: forum |
 Swedish: forum |
 Thai: ที่สำหรับอภิปราย |
 Turkish: meydan |
 Taiwanese: 討論會，論壇 |
 Ukrainian: зала для диспутів |
 Urdu: کوئی بھی عوامی مقام جہاں |
 Vietnamese: diễn đàn |
 Chinese: 讨论会的论坛 |
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