seminar
pronunciation
How to pronounce seminar in British English:
UK [ˈsemɪnɑː(r)]
How to pronounce seminar in American English:
US [ˈsemɪnɑːr]
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- Noun:
- any meeting for an exchange of ideas
- a course offered for a small group of advanced students
Word Origin
- seminar
- seminar: see seed
- seminar (n.)
- 1887, "special group-study class for advanced students," from German Seminar "group of students working with a professor," from Latin seminarium "breeding ground, plant nursery" (see seminary). Sense of "meeting for discussion of a subject" first recorded 1944.
Example
- 1. In gangtok he attended a seminar on spirituality and science .
- 2. We students in the seminar developed a strong group identity .
- 3. Space is limited so register early for the may 7 seminar .
- 4. He had been writing fifteen pages a week for that class , an entire story for each seminar .
- 5. The seminar is always oversubscribed .