sym‧po‧si‧um /sɪmˈpəʊziəm $ -ˈpoʊ-/ noun (plural symposiums or symposia /-ziə/) [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: Greek symposion, from sympinein 'to drink together', from syn- ( ⇒ syn-) + pinein 'to drink']

1. a formal meeting in which people who know a lot about a particular subject have discussions about it ⇒ conference
symposium on
a symposium on women’s health

2. a group of articles on a particular subject collected together in a book

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