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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

fora

Usage 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

  1. outside

Esperanto

Adjective

  1. far, distant

Ido

Adjective

  1. distant

Italian

Verb

fora
  1. Form of Third-person singular present tense, forare
  2. Form of Second-person singular imperative, forare#Italian|forare

Norwegian

Noun

fora
  1. Plural of forum

Piedmontese

Etymology

foris.

Adverb

  1. outside

Portuguese

Adverb

  1. outside
    por fora — on the outside
    fora-de-leioutlaw
  2. out, away (of the house, office, etc.)

Preposition

  1. except

Verb

Swahili

Noun

  1. success

Swedish

Noun

sv-noun-reg-or for fora
  1. Transported cargo; possibly including the vehicle or carriage on which the cargo is loaded.

Derived terms

Extensive Definition

Forum may refer to:
in companies:
in shopping centres
in sport
in modern culture
in geography:
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
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