forum

noun

ˈfȯr-əm How to pronounce forum (audio)
Definition of forumnext
1
as in symposium
a meeting featuring a group discussion a public forum called to find out how residents felt about a large discount store being built in their neighborhood

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2
as in platform
a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information that Web site serves as a forum for movie buffs who are passionate about their likes and dislikes

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3
as in tribunal
an assembly of persons for the administration of justice a jury may have acquitted Lizzie Borden, but she was guilty of murder in the forum of public opinion

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Recent Examples of forum The students presented their research at a free public forum Wednesday night, where community members could hear their explanations and ask questions. — James Taylor, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 In Folsom, city officials are also reassessing the use of Flock cameras after the League of Women Voters hosted a public forum. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Boca residents lean toward Singer At the forum, both candidates received their fair share of cheers from the few hundred voters in the audience. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 In an announcement shared to the Android community help forums, Google suggests a simple fix for Canadians experiencing issues as a result of recent time zone changes. — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for forum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forum
  1. symposium
  2. platform
  3. tribunal
  4. seminar
  5. venue
  6. court
  7. conference
  8. panel
Noun
  • The symposium is open to the public and is also being livestreamed and filmed by C-SPAN.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • At our Michigan School Census symposium held in 2026, Michigan school librarians and a principal described what that work looks like.
    — Kafi Kumasi, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of symposium
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  • The humanoid reportedly uses NVIDIA’s Jetson Thor computing platform, which provides the processing capabilities needed to support its robotic functions.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Senate Democrats are accusing Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, of giving prediction market Polymarket preferential treatment.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of platform
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  • The pro-European government of Donald Tusk accuses Poland’s President Karol Nawrocki, who is aligned with PiS, of blocking judges elected by the parliamentary majority from taking up their posts at the tribunal.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Parliament has continued appointing judges under Poland's constitution, but several of those appointments have been blocked from taking office amid a years-long standoff between the government, the presidency and the tribunal itself.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
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  • Boden told The Hollywood Reporter, talking the day after his keynote speech at the annual Motion Picture Association (MPA) seminar at Tokyo International Film Festival.
    — Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The Proof Again, Huang began sending out e-mails—more than 40 in 2023—and gave a circuit of seminar talks.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of seminar
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  • Seven games, same pregame routine The performers and venues changed.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • As a consequence, in this biennial, there is pedagogy, good intentions, and goodwill, but no framework capable of conveying what must remain outside of language—despite the architecture of the venues being made for exactly that.
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of venue
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  • Police charged 52-year-old Mooresville resident Rod Moskowitz with assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, court records show.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
  • But even when Antetokounmpo was on the court in the second half, the Heat struggled.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of court
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  • In Yurachek's ninth football season the Razorbacks are 39-66 overall and 15-56 in SEC play with no winning seasons in conference.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • He’s credited among authors of a medical journal report summarizing a 2025 conference on cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
    — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of conference
Noun
  • The Big Ten did have a media panel name a preseason all-Big Ten team, and Winter was included on that list.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • It's also let down by an IPS panel with noticeably lower contrast in the OLED world that today's gamers inhabit.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2026
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