symposium
UK/sɪmˈpəʊziəm//sɪmˈpoʊziəm/
symposium noun: a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
Noun
symposium (plural symposiums or symposia)
- A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
- A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.
- A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.
- THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF WORLD RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES. Edited by P. Ransome-Wallis. Hutchinson. 50s. [...] The work is a symposium by writers who are mostly specialists in the topics about which they write.1960 January, “New reading on railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 26
symposium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
symposium in Hindi
- a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations
- संगोष्ठी saṅgoṣṭhī, गोष्ठी goṣṭhī
symposium in Tamil
- கருத்தரங்கு, கருத்தறி அவையம், கருத்துக் கோவை, சூழியம், சிந்தனையரங்கு
symposium in Urdu
- سمپوزیم, سمپوزیئم
symposium in Bengali
- সম্মেলন, সভা
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- symposium in Telugu
- సింపోజియం
- symposium in Malayalam
- സിമ്പോസിയം
- symposium in Kannada
- ವಿಚಾರಗೋಷ್ಠಿ, ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಮಾಲೆ, ಲೇಖನಮಾಲೆ, ಮಾತುಕತೆ
- symposium in Punjabi
- ਸਿੰਪੋਜ਼ੀਅਮ, ਸਿੰਪੋਜ਼ਿਅਮ, ਸਿੰਪੋਜ਼਼ੀਅਮ
- symposium in Odia
- ସିମ୍ପୋଜିଯ଼ମ୍, ସିମ୍ପୋଜିଯ଼ମ, ସିମ୍ପୋସିଅମ
- symposium in Nepali
- सिम्पोजियम
- symposium in Tagalog
- sampaksaan
- symposium in Arabic
- سِمْبُوزِيُوم simbūziyūm, نَدْوَة nadwa
- symposium in Indonesian
- sarasehan, simposium
- symposium in Persian
- سمپوزیوم sampozyum
- symposium in Vietnamese
- hội nghị chuyên đề
- symposium in Myanmar
- နှီးနှောဖလှယ်ပွဲ hni:hnau:hpa.hlai-pwai:
Forms of symposium
| plural | symposiums |
|---|---|
| plural | symposia |
Origin of symposium
Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”), from συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”). Morphologically compare compotation.
Words formed from symposium
Questions about symposium
- What does symposium mean?
- Symposium means a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
- What is symposium in Hindi?
- Symposium in Hindi is संगोष्ठी (saṅgoṣṭhī), गोष्ठी (goṣṭhī). See Symposium meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is symposium?
- Symposium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce symposium?
- Symposium is pronounced /sɪmˈpəʊziəm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of symposium?
- The plural of symposium is symposiums.
Words near symposium in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: symposium (page history and authors); symposium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); symposium (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symposium (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); symposium (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symposium (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symposium (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); symposium (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symposium (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); symposium (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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