Meaning

3 senses

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

    Fachtagung, Symposium, Symposion

    симпо́зиумsimpózium

    симпо́зіумsympózium

    a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

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

    Symposion

    симпо́сийsimpósij

    симпо́сійsympósij

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

    Symposium

    симпозиумsimpozium

    симпозіумsympozium

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom is attending a writers' symposium in Boston.

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  2. I'm at a musicians' symposium.

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

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations:
a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion:
a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors:
Русский
By meaning 3
a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations:
a drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion:
a collection of essays, articles or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin symposium, from Ancient Greek συμπόσιον (sumpósion, “drinking party”)

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.

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Forms

plural: symposiums / symposia
Singularsymposium
Pluralsymposiums / symposia

regular

Word family

5 related words
RelatedinA1symposionsymposiastsympotic
Derivedcybersymposium

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sympathizeB2sympathyB1symphonicsymphonyA2symptomB1symptomaticC1synagogue
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