symposium

CEFRB2

/sɪmˈpəʊziəm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A meeting where people discuss a particular subject.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.

Examples

  • The symposium was a little rougher than usual: "Never again," said Socrates the morning after.

  • Tom is attending a writers' symposium in Boston.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /sɪmˈpoʊziəm/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.

  2. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

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In context

  • 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.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”) from συμπίνω (sumpínō, “drink together”), from συν- (sun-, “together-”) + πίνω (pínō, “drink”). Morphologically compare compotation.