seminar B2 Topic:Education & Learning US /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ UK /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/ See IPA manual Freq #9869 Meanings 1 noun A small class in which students and a teacher meet to discuss a topic in depth. Students attended a seminar on climate change and shared their own research. 2 noun A meeting where people learn about or discuss a particular subject, often for work or training. The company hosted a training seminar for its new employees. Thesaurus Synonyms ovular Word family Forms seminars Derived forms e-seminarfeminarproseminarseminarliketeleseminarwebinar Related forms semenseminary Appears in Phrases (1) See all theological seminar a discussion class or meeting devoted to the study of religious beliefs Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary. *seh₁- Proto-Indo-European Seminar German sēminārium Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Education & Learning External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # seminar **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/ **Frequency rank:** 9869 ## Meanings 1. A small class in which students and a teacher meet to discuss a topic in depth. 2. A meeting where people learn about or discuss a particular subject, often for work or training. ## Examples - Students attended a seminar on climate change and shared their own research. - The company hosted a training seminar for its new employees. ## Synonyms - ovular ## Derived Forms - e-seminar - feminar - proseminar - seminarlike - teleseminar - webinar ## Related Forms - semen - seminary ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *seh₁- - Root: Seminar - Root: sēminārium ## Etymology From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary. ## AI Etymology Seminar is from German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary. Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-, German Seminar, Latin sēminārium. In current use it includes senses such as A small class in which students and a teacher meet to discuss a topic in depth and A meeting where people learn about or discuss a particular subject, often for work or training. ## Topics - Education & Learning markdown