colloquium

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The first part of the colloquium was the Executive Education course in Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where the 19 women participants presented their respective work and country situations to the graduate students and faculty members.

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  1. noun An informal meeting for the exchange of views.
  2. noun An academic seminar on a broad field of study, usually led by a different lecturer at each meeting.

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  • This colloquium was no different from a cocktail party, even if the conversation was uniquely ratified. —  F ;SF - vol 100 issue 04 - April 2001
  • We made our request to the Faculty in a long Latin letter (because, you know, among savants it is the thing to speak and write the language you know least), requesting permission to pass our examination in writing, and to go to Erlangen only for the colloquium and promotion. —  Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
  • The colloquium is free and open to the public; registration however, is required.
  • His goal with this session is to create the feeling of an open colloquium, where participants can come with a list of questions which pertain to finding a path for one's self in this very confusion and wonderful business. —  Live Design Online RSS Feed
  • The first part of the colloquium was the Executive Education course in Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where the 19 women participants presented their respective work and country situations to the graduate students and faculty members. —  MindaNews Feeds
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin, conversation, from colloquī, to talk together : com-, com- + loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin, a conversation: see colloquy.
 

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/kəˈloʊkwiəm/
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