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seminar

Definition

  • noun: a meeting in which you receive information on and training in a particular subject
  • noun: a group of advanced students studying under a professor with each doing original research and all exchanging results through reports and discussions

Examples

  • educational/investment 'seminars'

  • a graduate/philosophy 'seminar'

  • a 'seminar' on career planning

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) A job's come up and I thought about you. Not a job, really. More of an interesting errand. Sit down. Yes, sir. I remember you from my seminar at UVA. You grilled me pretty hard, as I recall, on the Bureau's civil rights record in the Hoover years. I gave you an A. A-minus, sir. (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs