symposium
/sɪmˈpoʊziəm/
noun
- A formal meeting or conference where experts discuss a particular topic.
- The symposium brought together scientists from ten different countries.
- She presented her research at an international symposium.
- The university hosted a symposium on renewable energy.
- In ancient Greece, a drinking party with music, conversation, and entertainment.
- Plato's famous dialogue 'The Symposium' describes a banquet where guests discuss love.
- At a Greek symposium, guests reclined on couches and shared poetry.
- The symposiarch controlled the wine and the flow of conversation at the symposium.
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