symposium
noun /sɪmˈpəʊziəm/
/sɪmˈpəʊziəm/
(plural symposia
/sɪmˈpəʊziə/
/sɪmˈpəʊziə/
, symposiums)- symposium (on something) a meeting at which experts have discussions about a particular subject; a small conferenceOxford Collocations DictionarySymposium is used before these nouns:
- participant
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a drinking party): via Latin from Greek sumposion, from sumpotēs ‘fellow drinker’, from sun- ‘together’ + potēs ‘drinker’.