forum Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
  2. noun a public facility to meet for open discussion
    meeting place; assembly.

WordNet

Fo"rum noun
Etymology
L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See Foreign.
Wordforms
plural E Forums L Fora
Definitions
  1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
  2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
    He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. Brougham.

Webster 1913