forumnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɔː.rəm/us/ˈfɔːr.əm/plural forums or or foraforum noun [ C ] (MEETING)
a situation or meeting in which people can talk about a problem or matter especially of public interest:
a forum for debate/discussion
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Debate & discussion
- arena
- compare
- conciliate
- dialectic
- float around
- fly
- fly around
- get down to business idiom
- kick sth around
- negotiable
- negotiate
- parley
- reason with sb
- sit
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- thrash
- toss
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forum noun [ C ] (INTERNET)
a place on the internet where people can leave messages or discuss particular subjects with other people at the same time:
Discussion forums are a way of contacting people with similar interests from all over the world.
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Internet terminology
- .co.uk
- all-you-can-eat
- API
- app
- banner
- BBS
- bitcoin
- bounce
- e-commerce
- firewall
- instant messaging
- ISP
- JPEG
- MySpace
- troll
- unlike
- vlog
- VOD
- Web 2.0
- web-enabled
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forum noun [ C ] (ANCIENT ROME)
in ancient Rome, the area in the middle of the town used for public business
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Ancient history: before 500 AD
- ancient
- antiquity
- archaic
- Celt
- centurion
- classical
- gladiator
- Grecian
- Hellenic
- Hippocrates
- mummy
- necropolis
- neoclassical
- Neogene
- Romano-
- sarcophagus
- Saturnalia
- the Bronze Age
- the Christian era
- the Iron Age
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