forum

Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹəm/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
  2. noun a public facility to meet for open discussion

Etymology

From Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero and door.

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
meeting

A single word — an entire dictionary opens.

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning

Continue reading

Nice save! Solidify it with review →