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

There are over 30 events across the state holding similar events to Thursday's town hall in Nevada City. —Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026

Multi-camera views can capture multiple perspectives in boardrooms, classrooms and town hall spaces by working in tandem with Zoom Intelligent Director and Microsoft Teams multiple camera view. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

At November’s town hall at the same venue regarding food resources, a large crowd of concerned residents convened to talk about various topics, such as building your own gardens and where to find your local food pantries. —Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026

Things came to a boil in July at a town hall hosted by United Mutual with City Council members and an animal control officer from Laguna Beach. —Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026

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
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• centrale

Kids Definition

town hall

noun

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