Found 3 items, similar to Symposium.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: symposium
simposium
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: symposium
symposium
n : a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some
topic especially one in which the participants form an
audience and make presentations
[also:
symposia (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Symposium
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.
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2. A collection of short essays by different authors on a
common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to
the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
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