seminar
/ˈsɛmɪnɑː/US/ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
seminar noun: a class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
Noun
seminar (plural seminars)
- A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
- Students attended a seminar on climate change.
- She gave a guest lecture during the philosophy seminar.
- A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.
- The company hosted a training seminar for new employees.
Verb
seminar (third-person singular simple present seminars, present participle seminaring, simple past and past participle seminared)
- To participate in or lead a seminar.
seminar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
seminar in Hindi
- seminar, symposium
- गोष्ठी goṣṭhī
- seminar; symposium
- संगोष्ठी saṅgoṣṭhī
seminar in Tamil
- ஆய்வரங்கு, பயிலரங்கம், பொழிவுரை
seminar in Marathi
- चर्चासत्र, परिसंवाद, सेमिनरिंग
seminar in Urdu
- سمینار, سیمینار, سمینارنگ
More languagesFewer languages
- seminar in Bengali
- সেমিনার্
- seminar in Telugu
- సెమినార్, సెమినారింగ్, సెమినారీ
- seminar in Malayalam
- ചർച്ചായോഗം, ചർച്ചാസമ്മേളനം, വിദഗ്ദ്ധന്മാരുടെ ചർച്ചാസമ്മേളനം, മൻ്റം
- seminar in Kannada
- ವಿಚಾರಗೋಷ್ಠಿ, ವಿಚಾರ ಸಂಕಿರಣ, ಚರ್ಚಾಗೋಷ್ಠಿ, ಪ್ರೌಢವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ವರ್ಗ
- seminar in Punjabi
- ਸੈਮੀਨਾਰ, ਸੈਮੀਨੈਰਿੰਗ, ਸੈਮੀਨਰਿੰਗ
- seminar in Gujarati
- સેમિનાર, પરિસંવાદ, સેમિનરિંગ
- seminar in Odia
- ସେମିନାର, ସେମିନାର୍, ସେମିନାରିଙ୍ଗ
- seminar in Nepali
- सेमिनार, सेमिनारिङ, सेमिनरिङ
- seminar in Tagalog
- binhisipan
- seminar in Arabic
- نَدْوَة nadwa
- seminar in Thai
- สัมมนา sǎm-má-naa
- seminar in Vietnamese
- xêmina
Examples of seminar in a sentence
- As he waited for his seminar to begin, a “very tall, handsome” man walked in.
- The Philippines requires each outbound migrant to attend a predeparture seminar.
- The reports of the seminars and their recommendations are included in the annexures of the book.
Synonyms of seminar
Forms of seminar
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | seminars |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | seminars |
| present participle | seminaring |
| past participle | seminared |
| past | seminared |
Origin of seminar
From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.
Words formed from seminar
Questions about seminar
- What does seminar mean?
- Seminar means a class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
- What is seminar in Hindi?
- Seminar in Hindi is गोष्ठी (goṣṭhī), संगोष्ठी (saṅgoṣṭhī). See Seminar meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seminar?
- Seminar can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce seminar?
- Seminar is pronounced /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ (US).
- What is the plural of seminar?
- The plural of seminar is seminars.
Words near seminar in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: seminar (page history and authors); गोष्ठी (Hindi) (page history and authors); seminar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seminar (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seminar (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seminar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seminar (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seminar (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); seminar (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seminar (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seminar (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seminar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seminar (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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