Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small group of advanced students in a college or graduate school engaged in original research or intensive study under the guidance of a professor who meets regularly with them to discuss their reports and findings.
- n. A course of study so pursued.
- n. A scheduled meeting of such a group.
- n. A meeting for an exchange of ideas; a conference.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as seminary. 5.
Wiktionary
- n. A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
- n. A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- formerly called also
seminary , now seldom used in this sense.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any meeting for an exchange of ideas
- n. a course offered for a small group of advanced students
Etymologies
- From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen ("seed"). Compare seminary. (Wiktionary)
- German, from Latin sēminārium, seed plot; see seminary. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The two hour seminar is a free two hour sales pitch for another seminar, which costs between $3,500 and $4,000.”
“This seminar is aimed at people interested in doing business in the open environment presented by rapidly developing networked communications.”
“The material from this seminar is also available under a Creative Commons license (the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License) for others to re-use and add to in creative ways.”
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » Online Seminar on Benkler’s Wealth of Networks
“The design of a seminar is to bring together researchers as well as developers from academia as well as industry working in a areas of image, video as well as audio applications, with a special concentration upon analysis.”
“The seminar is at Wake Forest University, June 2-8.”
Wake Forest Liberty and Society Seminar, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The actuarial student does most of the learning on their own, and the seminar is to summarize the material and get over hard points.”
School Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Pancho was seen via Skype at the Wine Academy of Spain seminar in NY this week.”
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“LIVING WELL WITH DIABETES SEMINAR, led by physicians, the seminar is for people with diabetes, family and friends. 9-11 a.m.,”
“I realize the seminar is expensive — which means it's not for everyone — but as busy as I'm getting nowadays, something like this seems the only way.”
“The instructor talent lineup for this seminar is daunting even to me, and I'm one of them!”
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