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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
| Synonyms: | convention, discussion, forum, group discussion, meeting, open discussion, palaver, powwow, rap session, round table, symposium, workshop |
| Notes: | a seminary is a theological school for training ministers or priests or rabbis; a seminar is any meeting or conference for an exchange of ideas or a course offered for a small group of advanced students |
| Main Entry: | colloquy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversation, debate |
| Synonyms: | buzz session, chat, chinfest, chitchat, clambake, colloquium, confab, confabulation, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, discussion, flap, gab fest, gam, groupthink, huddle, palaver, parley, powwow, rap session, rap, seminar, talk, talkfest |
| Main Entry: | conference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, colloquium |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, confabulation, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, gabfest, groupthink, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow, round robin, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, think-in, ventilation |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of study |
| Synonyms: | class, conference, curriculum, discussion group, interest, laboratory, lecture, matriculation, meeting, method, period, preparation, procedure, program, regimen, schedule, seminar, session, speciality, subject |
| Main Entry: | forum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting |
| Synonyms: | assembly, colloquium, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, council, gathering, get-together, rally, seminar, symposium |
| Main Entry: | institute/institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, usually educational |
| Synonyms: | academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, think tank, university |
| Main Entry: | symposium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conference |
| Synonyms: | colloquium, convention, discussion, discussion group, forum, gabfest, huddle, meeting, panel discussion, parley, powwow, rap session, round table, seminar, talk |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion |
| Synonyms: | argument, colloquy, conclave, confabulation, conference, consultation, conversation, deliberation, dialogue, earful, encounter, eyeball-to-eyeball, huddle, interlocution, interview, meeting, negotiation, palaver, parlance, parley, powwow, seminar, spiel*, straight talk, symposium, ventilation, visit |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization |
| Synonyms: | academy, association, asylum, business, clinic, college, company, conservatory, establishment, fixture, foundation, guild, hospital, institute, institution, orphanage, school, seminar, seminary, society, system, university |
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