FORUM


Meaning of FORUM in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

appropriate

There were a numbers of factors which pointed strongly in favour of Ohio as the more appropriate forum for the trial of the disputes.

She is fighting back in the television interview arena, which is the appropriate forum .

The existence of a partnership has also provided an appropriate forum through which external agencies can be channelled.

These lessons should be put to good use by the rightful participants in an appropriate forum .

What is missing is an appropriate forum to merge the various efforts into a functional and widely acceptable whole.

Hence, the county court is the appropriate forum .

This takes time and the heads are not the appropriate forum for protracted negotiations.

economic

The protests are becoming a familiar part of world political and economic forums .

important

A more important transatlantic forum for cooperation and exchange of knowledge was the Teetotal Movement in which Nonconformists predominated.

The magazine became and remains perhaps the most important forum for the publication of outstanding new photography from around the world.

The College has provided an important forum and resource for a wide variety of groups and individuals from working-class backgrounds.

international

Agreeing such aims will not be easy in any international forum .

And she took the results of her work to international forums .

This especially arises where third parties make procedural claims in an international forum seised of the dispute.

national

That it should be other than the great national forum for political debate and decision would at first be unthinkable.

Yet the president is sharply criticized for convening a national forum to discuss our racial divisions.

Employers, similarly, had expectations of schools and school-leavers but no national forum in which these could be articulated and discussed.

First, there is the suggestion that a national forum should be set up to develop an overall education research strategy.

There was a feeling that the wider issues needed to be looked at in a national forum .

Finally, the national forum recommended by the first Haycocks Report should perform the same function for courses for part-time teachers.

new

Whatever the new forum does for industry, it certainly does something for Mr Heseltine.

International Home Exchange Network is among the new Internet-based forums .

By launching the new forum Mr Heseltine is getting his own back on the now weakened Mr Lamont.

The first meeting of the new forum was scheduled to take place in Paris in mid-July.

We will convene a new private sector forum to promote London's position internationally.

open

The evening will include election of officers, an open forum and social with snack and wine.

We hope these pages act as an open forum for debate.

For one week the company messaging sys-tem would provide an open forum for grievances and suggestions, not necessarily in that order.

Organizing the open forum had been emotionally taxing as well.

public

While her colleagues pompously assemble public forums , she informs the police.

I invite Chris to attend any type of public forum where Bucky performs.

This would act as a public forum to discuss and recommend improvements to the controversial Tinkhundla system of indirect elections.

But it had never before been made in a public forum .

Fans may get chance to discuss the Seasiders' ambitions as chairman Geoffrey Richmond is considering holding a public forum next week.

We shout our hatred of them at public forums and into radio and television microphones.

The eighteen candidates, mostly pro-democracy activists, organised public debates and forums which were packed with interested observers and participants.

In this case, the court decided that the junior high involved did not create a limited public forum .

■ NOUN

discussion

The golden rule is that if you have a chat room or discussion forum , you need to monitor it closely.

■ VERB

attend

Unfortunately no council officers have attended these forums for several months.

Members of both families are expected to attend the forum .

Fife Symington, said Dole should have attended the forum .

become

There can be little doubt that they have now become the forum for the expert.

Our family calendar has also become a forum for math talks.

create

The original reason for establishing our association had been to create a more representative forum for contacts.

In this case, the court decided that the junior high involved did not create a limited public forum .

By focusing on major issues that loom ahead, they create a forum for anticipatory thinking.

discuss

This would act as a public forum to discuss and recommend improvements to the controversial Tinkhundla system of indirect elections.

Yet the president is sharply criticized for convening a national forum to discuss our racial divisions.

These organizations will host forums to discuss local, national and world environmental problems.

Labor-Management Committees give managers and labor representatives a permanent forum in which to discuss their concerns.

They are priceless forums for discussing new ideas, solving problems, and sharing feedback.

The initial purpose of the groups was to provide a friendly forum for discussing sexism and the Standing.

hold

Fans may get chance to discuss the Seasiders' ambitions as chairman Geoffrey Richmond is considering holding a public forum next week.

The governor has not listed Melones Internacional as a business holding in either forum .

provide

Its aims are to promote awareness of X and provide a forum for the discussion of technical issues.

It provides a forum for the sharing of ideas among archaeologists, computer specialists and mathematicians.

The House of Lords provides a useful forum for debating the great issues of the day. 3.

The panel that he envisaged would be made up of their representatives and would provide them with a forum to air concerns.

The existence of a partnership has also provided an appropriate forum through which external agencies can be channelled.

It is essential that presidents meet together on a regular basis and the dinner circuit provides the ideal forum for this.

Meal times provide a marvellous forum for stories, some wildly exaggerated, others somewhat embarrassing.

Partnership provides a forum for the consideration of the evidence and the opportunity to reach a view on it.

use

Now Lord Lane has used the forum of a court of law in order to make his contribution to this political debate.

Prodigy has just begun using members as forum co-hosts; they get preferred rates but no pay, unlike CompuServe.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I want a forum to address the most serious problem facing the people of this state.

The association began as a forum for sharing ideas about management problems.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A forum , or bulletin board, is a place where people can trade questions and answers.

Agreeing such aims will not be easy in any international forum .

By focusing on major issues that loom ahead, they create a forum for anticipatory thinking.

Fans may get chance to discuss the Seasiders' ambitions as chairman Geoffrey Richmond is considering holding a public forum next week.

He has put forth his criticisms on paper, on the Internet, at community forums and during council meetings.

To complain individually is not as successful as to complain within a unified forum .

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