forum B2 Topic:Communication US /ˈfɔɹəm/ UK /ˈfɔːɹəm/ See IPA manual Freq #12729 Meanings 1 noun A place, meeting, or website where people exchange ideas and opinions. The conference offered a forum for scientists to share their research. 2 noun An online message board where users post and discuss topics. She asked for advice on a gardening forum. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a place, meeting, or... assembly Word family Forms foraforums Derived forms cyberforume-forumforumgoerforumingforumitesubforumteleforum Related forms conforaneous Etymology AI details From Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero and door. *dʰwer- Proto-Indo-European forum Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Communication Technology & Computing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # forum **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈfɔɹəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfɔːɹəm/ **Frequency rank:** 12729 ## Meanings 1. A place, meeting, or website where people exchange ideas and opinions. 2. An online message board where users post and discuss topics. ## Examples - The conference offered a forum for scientists to share their research. - She asked for advice on a gardening forum. ## Derived Forms - cyberforum - e-forum - forumgoer - foruming - forumite - subforum - teleforum ## Related Forms - conforaneous ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *dʰwer- - Root: forum ## Etymology From Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero and door. ## AI Etymology Forum comes from Latin forum (“public market place, forum”). Doublet of fuero and door. The historical chain includes *dʰwer- (Proto-Indo-European) and forum (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as cyberforum, e-forum, forumgoer, and foruming and related forms such as conforaneous. In present use it covers a place, meeting, or website where people exchange ideas and opinions and an online message board where users post and discuss topics. ## Topics - Communication - Technology & Computing markdown