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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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