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symposiums

symposiums is the plural of symposium.

Meaning of symposium

Noun

symposium (plural symposiums or symposia)

  1. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
  2. A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.
  3. 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

Questions about symposiums

What is symposiums the plural of?
Symposiums is the plural of symposium.

Words near symposiums in the dictionary

  1. symposiastic
  2. symposiastically
  3. symposiasts
  4. symposion
  5. symposium
  6. symposiums
  7. sympotic
  8. sympotical
  9. sympotically
  10. symproportionation
  11. symproportionations

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