forum
pronunciation
How to pronounce forum in British English:
UK [ˈfɔːrəm]
How to pronounce forum in American English:
US [ˈfɔːrəm]
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- Noun:
- a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
- a public facility to meet for open discussion
- a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
Word Origin
- forum
- forum: [15] Originally Latin forum denoted an ‘out-of-doors place’ – it was related to forīs ‘outof- doors, outside’ and to forēs ‘door’, a distant cousin of English door. It came to be used for any outdoor open space or public place, and in particular for a market place (the most famous of which was the one in Rome, where public assemblies, tribunals, etc were held). Other English words from the same source are foreign, forest, and forensic ‘of legal proceedings’ [17] (from Latin forēnsis ‘of a forum as a place of public discussion’).=> door, foreign, forensic, forest
- forum (n.)
- mid-15c., "place of assembly in ancient Rome," from Latin forum "marketplace, open space, public place," apparently akin to foris, foras "out of doors, outside," from PIE root *dhwer- "door, doorway" (see door). Sense of "assembly, place for public discussion" first recorded 1680s.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The americas business council held a courage forum last year .
- 2. Indeed , the paypal website forum has more than 600 pages of posts from angry sellers protesting the hold .
- 3. ( Other industries might call it basic professionalism to avoid trashing your peers in a public forum . )
- 4. She serves as a member of the world economic forum 's global agenda council on emerging technologies , 2011-2012 .
- 5. As is bound to happen in an anonymous forum , people were unnecessarily cruel .