Meaning & use
Colloquiums
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Academic conferences or seminars, especially ones in which invited speakers present research for group discussion.
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The history department hosts colloquiums every semester where graduate students present their research.
She presented her thesis findings at two different colloquiums before submitting the final paper.
A note on using this word
Both "colloquiums" and the Latin-style plural "colloquia" are considered correct; "colloquiums" is more common in everyday academic speech.
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