Dictionary Definition
forum
Noun
1 a public meeting or assembly for open
discussion
2 a public facility to meet for open discussion
[syn: assembly,
meeting
place]
3 a place of assembly for the people in ancient
Greece [syn: agora,
public
square] [also: fora
(pl)]fora See forum
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
foraUsage notes
The English plural forums is preferred to the Latin plural fora in normal English usage.- Ref: Modern English Usage, 2nd Edition, ed. Sir Ernest Gowers, Oxford 1968 (article '-um', p.658).
Catalan
Etymology
foris.Adverb
Esperanto
Ido
Adjective
Italian
Verb
fora- Form of Third-person singular present tense, forare
- Form of Second-person singular imperative, forare#Italian|forare
Norwegian
Noun
fora- Plural of forum
Piedmontese
Etymology
foris.Adverb
Portuguese
Adverb
Preposition
Verb
Swahili
Noun
Swedish
Noun
sv-noun-reg-or for fora- Transported cargo; possibly including the vehicle or carriage on which the cargo is loaded.
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Forum may refer to:
- Forum (Roman), open public space in the middle of a Roman city
- Roman Forum, most famous example of a Forum (Roman)
- Forum (legal), designated space for public expression in the USA
- Internet forum, discussion board on the Internet
in companies:
- Forum Cafeterias, cafeteria chain
- Forum Communications, publisher of The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead newspaper
- Forum Corporation, corporate training company owned by Informa
- Forum Snowboarding, snowboard manufacturer
- Landmark Education, San Francisco based, offers the Landmark Forum as its introductory course
in shopping centres
- The Forum (shopping mall) Bangalore, India
- Forum Mall (Kolkata) Kolkata, India
- Forum The Shopping Mall, Singapore
- Forum (shopping centre) Helsinki, Finland
in sport
- Datch Forum di Assago, indoor arena Milan, Italy
- Montreal Forum, historic arena in Montreal, Quebec
- The Forum (Inglewood, California), indoor arena
- FedExForum, arena Memphis, Tennessee
- St. Pete Times Forum, arena Tampa Bay, Florida
- Thessaloniki Forum, indoor arena in Greece
in modern culture
- Forum (album), a 2001 pop/soft rock album by Invertigo
- Forum Copenhagen, exhibition, concert, and faire building in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Forum (magazine), Penthouse Forum, British sex magazine
- The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, a newspaper in Fargo, North Dakota
- Forum (KQED), radio show on KQED-FM hosted by Michael Krasny
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, colloquial name
- The Granada Forum, weekly media fringe seminar
- The Forum, Norwich, library, tourist information office and headquarters of the BBC in Norwich
- London Forum, nightclub and live music venue in Kentish Town, London
- Universal Forum of Cultures, international cultural event 2004 and 2007
in geography:
- Blandford Forum, town in England
- Forum station, metro station Copenhagen
in economics and politics:
See also
fora in Arabic: منتدى
fora in Catalan: Fòrum (desambiguació)
fora in Czech: Fórum
fora in German: Forum
fora in French: Forum
fora in Galician: Foro
fora in Armenian: Ֆորում
fora in Croatian: Forum
fora in Italian: Forum
fora in Hebrew: פורום
fora in Latin: Forum
fora in Luxembourgish: Forum
fora in Lithuanian: Forumas
fora in Dutch: Forum
fora in Japanese: フォーラム
fora in Polish: Forum
fora in Portuguese: Fórum (desambiguação)
fora in Romanian: Forum (dezambiguizare)
fora in Russian: Форум
fora in Serbian: Форум
fora in Vietnamese: Forum
fora in Ukrainian: Форум
fora in Chinese: 论坛