town hall

noun

1

: a public building used for town-government offices and meetings

2

: an event at which a public official or political candidate addresses an audience by answering questions posed by individual members

Town halls have lost some of their spontaneity. The 80 or so undecided voters chosen for Tuesday's event must submit their questions in advance and moderator Candy Crowley of CNN will decide which people to call on.

—Connie Cass

Examples of town hall in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Omar’s comments in a Zeteo town hall are also in the resolution. —Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025

In the New Jersey governor’s race this year, both Democratic candidate Mikie Sherrill and Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli are participating in Spanish-language town halls on Univision, where Hispanic voters will ask the candidates questions. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025

Celebrate progress, and triage challenges in newsletters, town halls, meetings and press. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

Linear Networks The day before the news broke about Paramount, Dungey moderated a WBD town hall, set in the Food Network Kitchen. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for town hall

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale

Kids Definition

town hall

noun

: a public building used for offices and meetings of town government