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Meaning of forum in English

forum
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈfɔː.rəm/ us
/ˈfɔːr.əm/
plural forums or or fora uk/ˈfɔː.rə/ us/ˈfɔːr.ə/

forum noun [C] (MEETING)

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a situation or meeting in which people can talk about a problem or matter especially of public interest:
forum for a forum for debate/discussion
This international event provided a forum for exchanging information and opinions in the field.
The committee is a forum for dialogue between staff representatives in 16 countries.
We do not believe that the courts are the appropriate forum for such a discussion.
We are planning a series of consumer forums to learn more about local needs.
I'm so glad I had a forum to express my feelings.
Synonyms
awayday mainly UK
conclave
conference (MEETING)
congress (MEETING)
consultation
convention (MEETING)
convocation formal
meeting
seminar
summit (MEETING)
symposium formal
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Debate & discussion
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forum noun [C] (INTERNET)

a place on the internet where people can leave messages or discuss particular subjects with other people at the same time:
The decision was widely criticized in online education forums.
Please don't post spam or irrelevant information to our forums.
Internet forums can provide a supportive environment where sufferers can share their experiences.
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discussion forum
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forum noun [C] (ANCIENT ROME)

in ancient Rome, the area in the middle of the town used for public business
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Ancient history: before 500 AD
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(Definition of forum from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

forum | American Dictionary

forum
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈfɔr·əm, ˈfoʊr-/
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an occasion or a place for talking about a matter of public interest:
The university sponsored a forum on affirmative action.
(Definition of forum from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

forum | Business English

forum
noun [ C ]
  MEETINGS
uk
/ˈfɔːrəm/ us
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a meeting in which people can discuss subjects that are important to them with others:
create/provide a forum for sth The meeting provided a valuable forum for discussing the issue from many diverse perspectives.
an international/regional/public forum They plan to discuss the survey results in a public forum.
an economic/policy forum At its summer policy forum, Labour appears to have offered a compromise.
a group of people who use the internet to discuss subjects that are important or interesting to them:
an internet/intranet/online forum She's a regular blogger on an online forum.
(Definition of forum from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of forum

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The interplay of race, class, gender and generation was played out in local meetings, churches, picnics, dances, youth forums and campaigns.
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Examples are writing op-ed articles and speaking out in public forums - now merely occasional.
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In these forums farmers routinely recanted, switching from pro to anti and back again, and charges of fraud were commonplace.
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Is it any wonder men endeavored to deny women access to public forums ?
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The details of this experience were periodically published as well as presented at scientific forums.
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In local government in particular we have seen substantial moves towards more decentralised forms of service provision in terms of area offices, or neighbourhood forums.
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Participatory forums also reveal sources of political and economic inequality that undermine efforts to grant the unorganised poor genuine decision-making power.
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Such occasions also had the unintended consequence of providing public forums for expressions of opposing viewpoints.
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Active inclusion in state-sponsored deliberative forums may play a vital part in such a strategy.
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Such constraints were strongly expressed in interviews with citizens and officials participating in local forums.
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Each task force holds one or more open forums at a major national anesthesia meeting to solicit input on its draft guideline from meeting attendees.
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In these forums, causal stories are fought for, defended and sustained by the actors of the policy network.
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Discussion forums and mailing-lists facilitated the emergence of common interpretative schemes among activists and organisations.
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The surge of these patent medicines was contingent on the expansion of forums for broad advertising in the periodical press.
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Examples of mediation systems are discussion fora, where it is important to argue and negotiate about dierent issues, including design issues.
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Collocations with forum

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appropriate forum
But in considering how it should be implemented we must also determine which is the most appropriate forum for pursuing such objectives.
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civic forum
There is usually money at the disposal of a 'civic forum' in the district concerned to support effective social projects.
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economic forum
Why has he failed even to refer to his tame nominated economic forum?
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Translations of forum

in Chinese (Traditional)
會議, （尤指討論與公共利益相關的問題的）論壇，討論會, 網際網路…
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聚会, （尤指讨论与公共利益相关的问题的）论坛，讨论会, 因特网…
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ที่สำหรับอภิปราย, ตลาดในเมืองสมัยโรมันโบราณ…
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das Forum, der Marktplatz…
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зала для диспутів, форум…
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