symposium

symposium
Synonyms and related words:
Festschrift, airing, album, ana, analects, analysis, anthology, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, ball, bat, beauties, bender, binge, bout, brawl, bust, buzz session, canon, canvassing, carousal, carouse, caucus, celebration, chrestomathy, collectanea, collected works, collection, colloquium, commission, committee, compilation, complete works, compotation, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, consideration, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, dance, date, debate, debating, debauch, delectus, deliberation, dialectic, dialogue, diet, discussion, drinking, drinking bout, drunk, drunken carousal, drunkenness, eisteddfod, examination, exchange of views, festivity, fete, florilegium, flowers, forgathering, forum, garden, garland, gathering, get-together, gulping, guzzle, guzzling, housewarming, imbibing, imbibition, investigation, jag, joint discussion, lapping, levee, logical analysis, logical discussion, meet, meeting, miscellanea, miscellany, nipping, omnibus, open discussion, open forum, orgy, panel, panel discussion, party, photograph album, plenum, potation, prom, pub-crawl, pulling, quaffing, quorum, quotation book, rally, rap, rap session, reception, rendezvous, review, scrapbook, seance, seminar, session, shindig, sit-in, sitting, slipping, soiree, spree, study, swigging, swilling, synod, tasting, tear, toot, town meeting, treatment, turnout, ventilation, wassail

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • symposium — [ sɛ̃pozjɔm ] n. m. • 1951; « banquet » 1876; mot angl. 1711; gr. sumposion « banquet », par allus. au Banquet de Platon ♦ Congrès scientifique réunissant un nombre restreint de spécialistes et traitant un sujet particulier. ⇒ colloque, forum,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • symposium — sym‧po‧si‧um [sɪmˈpəʊziəm ǁ ˈpoʊ ] noun symposiums PLURALFORM or symposia [ ziə] [countable] a formal meeting in which people involved in a particular business or subject discuss it: • London will be the venue for the annual symposium …   Financial and business terms

  • symposium — 1580s, account of a gathering or party, from L. symposium drinking party, symposium, from Gk. symposion convivial gathering of the educated (related to sympotes drinking companion ), from syn together + posis a drinking, from a stem of Aeolic… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Symposium — Sym*po si*um, n.; pl. {Symposia}. [L., fr. Gr. sympo sion a drinking party, feast; sy n with + po sis a drinking. See {Syn }, and cf. {Potable}.] 1. A drinking together; a merry feast. T. Warton. [1913 Webster] 2. A collection of short essays by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • symposium — index assemblage, conference, meeting (conference), panel (discussion group), parley Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • symposium — /sim pɔsjum/ s. neutro lat., usato in ital. al masch., per lo più solo al sing. [incontro durante il quale si discute sui vari aspetti di un tema] ▶◀ congresso, convegno, convention, forum, giornata di studio, simposio. ‖ incontro, meeting, panel …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • Symposium — Sn Symposion …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • symposium — → simposio …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • symposium — /lat. ʃimˈpɔzjum/ s. m. inv. (lett.) V. simposio …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • symposium — meaning ‘a gathering for discussion’, has the plural form symposia (preferred) or symposiums …   Modern English usage

  • symposium — [n] conference colloquium, convention, discussion, discussion group, forum, gabfest*, huddle, meeting, panel discussion, parley, powwow, rap session, round table, seminar, talk; concepts 56,324,386 …   New thesaurus

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