Definitions for forum
ˈfɔr əm, ˈfoʊr əm; ˈfɔr ə, ˈfoʊr əfo·rum

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. forumnoun

   a public meeting or assembly for open discussion

2. forum, assembly, meeting placenoun

   a public facility to meet for open discussion

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. forumnoun

   A place for discussion.

2. forumnoun

   A gathering for the purpose of discussion.

3. forumnoun

   A form of discussion involving a panel of presenters and often participation by members of the audience.

4. forumnoun

   An Internet message board where users can post messages regarding one or more topics of discussion.

   Trish was an admin member on three forums, and had no trouble at all when it came to moderating them.

5. Etymology: From forum.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FORUMnoun

   Any publick place.

   Etymology: Latin.

   The forum was a publick place in Rome, where lawyers and orators made their speeches before the proper judge in matters of property, or in criminal cases, to accuse or excuse, to complain or defend. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   Close to the bay great Neptune’s fane adjoins,
   And near a forum flank’d with marble shines,
   Where the bold youth, the num’rous fleets to store,
   Shape the broad sail, or smooth the taper oar. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forum

   A forum is a public meeting place or platform for open discussion or expression of ideas. It can refer to a physical location, such as a town meeting or community gathering, or a digital platform, like a message board or social networking site, where users communicate about specific topics.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Forumnoun

   a market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people

2. Forumnoun

   a tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes

3. Etymology: [L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See Foreign.]

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Forum

   A forum was a public square in a Roman municipium, or any civitas, reserved primarily for the vending of goods; i.e., a marketplace, along with the buildings used for shops and the stoas used for open stalls. Many forums were constructed at remote locations along a road by the magistrate responsible for the road, in which case the forum was the only settlement at the site and had its own name, such as Forum Popili or Forum Livi.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Forum

   fō′rum, n. a market-place, esp. the market-place in Rome, where public business was transacted and justice dispensed: the courts of law as opposed to the Parliament. [L., akin to foras, out of doors.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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_.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forum

   A location for discussion.

   The forum for debate was used respectfully and responsibly.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Facility
   • Meeting

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'forum' in Nouns Frequency: #1901

How to pronounce forum?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of forum in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of forum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of forum in a Sentence

1. Charles Krauthammer:

   His opponents had no idea what to do, and they hung back. that could be the last chance for challenging him in that kind of a forum. [Trump] escaped completely unscathed.

2. Sean Ryan:

   These new regulations were imposed by the superintendent without any prior notification or input from the parents, and without an actual vote from the school board, this demonstrates exactly what we’ve known for years: Radical activists can only win when they operate in secret. If the superintendent actually held an open forum, this policy would not have been passed.

3. Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh:

   Iran has no plans to leave OPEC...and regrets that some members of OPEC have turned this organization into a political forum for confronting two founding members of OPEC, meaning Iran and Venezuela, and two regional countries are showing enmity toward us in this organization. We are not their enemy but they are showing enmity toward us...and (they) use oil as a weapon against us in the global market and world.

4. Michael Bilello:

   If Bill Cosby wants to have Bill Cosby final chapter written the way Bill Cosby wants to be recalled, Bill Cosby has to engage the public, perhaps something social media-based, an open forum for maybe two hours, taking all questions -- and having a moderator who's not a celebrity.

5. Judge Emmet Sullivan:

   This is a public forum, this is about the public's right to know.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=forum
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Forum
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=forum
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forum
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=forum
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=forum
8. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=forum
9. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Forum