forum
noun
[ ˈfɔːrəm ]
• a meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
• "we hope these pages act as a forum for debate"
Similar:
meeting,
assembly,
gathering,
conference,
seminar,
convention,
colloquy,
convocation,
congress,
rally,
council,
symposium,
conclave,
congregation,
synod,
diet,
caucus,
get-together,
colloquium,
setting,
place,
scene,
context,
stage,
framework,
backdrop,
medium,
means,
agency,
channel,
avenue,
vehicle,
mechanism,
apparatus,
auspices,
• a court or tribunal.
• (in an ancient Roman city) a public square or marketplace used for judicial and other business.
Origin:
late Middle English (in forum (sense 3)): from Latin, literally ‘what is out of doors’, originally denoting an enclosure surrounding a house; related to fores ‘(outside) door’. forum (sense 1) dates from the mid 18th century.
