Synonyms for forum

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fawr-uh m, fohr-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr əm, ˈfoʊr əm

Top 10 synonyms for forum

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Définition of forum

Origin : 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- (see door). Sense of "assembly, place for public discussion" first recorded 1680s.

noun meeting
noun setting

Example sentences :

The three stones were set up to keep chariots out of the forum.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

It is the modern substitute for the forum of the old Roman town.
Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson

This forum of the people was shaded by a sextette of well-grown elms.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

Forum, the place of general assembly in a Roman city, as the Agora was in a Greek.
Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith

"Thou shalt burn in the Forum for this," spluttered the Judge.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

He will flatter no tribe no section in the forum or in the market-place.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

It is just to suppose that the clamour of the tribes in the forum had little to do with his elevation.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

Not for nothing had he been trained to speak in the Forum before men.
Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor

Leave the forum, the palaestra, the race-course, and gymnasium?
Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus

We are subject, as Bacon said, not only to "idols of the forum," but also to "idols of the den."
Extract from : « The Story of the Mind » by James Mark Baldwin

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