{
    "term": "forum",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an event or medium where people can exchange opinions and ideas on a particular issue; a meeting organized for this purpose",
            "sensetop": "forum (on something)forum for something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to hold an international forum on drug abuse",
                    "contextForm": "forum (on something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Television is now an important forum for political debate.",
                    "contextForm": "forum for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The conference provides a useful forum for the exchange of views and ideas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film show was followed by an open forum on editing techniques."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will be hosting a two-day forum on childcare."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["open", "public", "international"],
                "verb + forum": ["hold", "host", "attend"],
                "forum + verb": ["take place"],
                "preposition": ["forum on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a website or web page where users can put comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' comments",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an internet forum"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a forum where new parents can exchange questions, advice and support."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in ancient Rome) a public place where meetings were held",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːrəm/",
                "audio": "fo/forum/forum__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfɔːrəm/",
                "audio": "fo/forum/forum__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (2)): from Latin, literally ‘what is out of doors’, originally denoting an enclosure surrounding a house; related to fores ‘(outside) door’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 18th cent."
}