seminar (noun)

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• seminar — noun 1 class at a university, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ weekly, etc. ▪ freshman (AmE), graduate, senior (AmE), undergraduate ▪ I taught a senior seminar titled ‘Working Class Liter …   Collocations dictionary

• seminar — ► NOUN 1) a conference or other meeting for discussion or training. 2) a small group of students at university, meeting to discuss topics with a teacher. ORIGIN German, from Latin seminarium seed plot, seminary …   English terms dictionary

• seminar — sem‧i‧nar [ˈsemnɑː ǁ nɑːr] noun [countable] a fairly informal meeting of a group of people, who share information and ideas, discuss matters relating to their work etc: • Most of the people attending the seminar were from accountancy firms. •… …   Financial and business terms

• seminar — noun Etymology: German, from Latin seminarium nursery Date: 1863 1. a group of advanced students studying under a professor with each doing original research and all exchanging results through reports and discussions 2. a. (1) a course of study… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• seminar — noun (C) a class in which a small group of students meet to study or talk about a particular subject: a Shakespeare seminar …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• seminar — noun /semǐnaːr/lang=sh a) A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor. b) A meeting held for the excha …   Wiktionary

• seminar */*/ — UK [ˈsemɪˌnɑː(r)] / US [ˈsemɪˌnɑr] noun [countable] Word forms seminar : singular seminar plural seminars 1) a meeting at which a group of people discuss a subject a business seminar a seminar on marketing 2) a class at a college or university in …   English dictionary

• seminar — sem|i|nar [ semı,nar ] noun count ** 1. ) a meeting at which a group of people discuss a subject: a business seminar a seminar on marketing 2. ) a class at a college or university in which a small group of students discuss a subject with a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• seminar — [ sɛmɪnα:] noun 1》 a conference or other meeting for discussion or training. 2》 a small group of students at university, meeting to discuss topics with a teacher. Origin C19: from Ger. Seminar, from L. seminarium (see seminary) …   English new terms dictionary

• seminar — /ˈsɛməna / (say semuhnah) noun 1. a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a professor or the like. 2. the gathering place of such a group. 3. a course or subject of study for advanced… …  

• seminar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. study group, tutorial. See school. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. research, study, lesson, workshop; see class 3 , course 4 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. group discussion, workshop, panel discussion,… …   English dictionary for students