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Symposium

//sɪmˈpəʊziəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
  2. 2
    a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations wordnet
  3. 3
    A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.
  4. 4
    A collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.

    "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."

Etymology

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

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