symposium (sɪmˈpəʊzɪəm
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Definitions
noun
- a conference or meeting for the discussion of some subject, esp an academic topic or social problem
- a collection of scholarly contributions, usually published together, on a given subject
- (in classical Greece) a drinking party with intellectual conversation, music, etc
Word Origin
C16: via Latin from Greek sumposion, from sumpinein to drink together, from sum- syn- + pinein to drinkUsage examples
`I had the privilege of hearing Miss McBogle speak last summer in Orono at a symposium to which a fellow guest from the inn here drove me.
, Something in the Water (1994)Competing interests: TJP has received expenses and a fee from Sanofi-Synthelabo for speaking at a symposium.
British Medical Journal (2002)The symposium 's findings - which can be seen on the Internet at www.
canada.com (2004)Around 100 psychiatrists, psychiatry students, and their spouses attended the symposium.
Glasgow Herald (2001)), Indian Economy in the Nineteenth Century: a symposium , Delhi, 1969, pp.
, The Origins of Economic Inequality between Nations: A critique of Western theories on development and underdevelopment (1990)