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# forum

«forum» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place, meeting or website where people discuss a topic…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a forum, forums; also fora, formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A forum is a place, meeting or website where people discuss a topic and share views. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#m1)

2) An online message board where people post questions and answers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#m2)

3) In ancient Rome, the forum was the main public square for markets and meetings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life (internet forums), school (a student forum), history (the Roman Forum). Phrases: «an online forum», «a public forum», «post on a forum». Safety: never share personal details on public forums.

### examples

- I asked a question on a gaming forum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#x1)
- The town held a public forum about the new park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#x2)
- The Roman Forum was busy with traders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#x3)
- Our school council is a forum for pupils' ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#x4)
- Don't give your address on an online forum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#x5)
- The forum has rules about being kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#x6)
- Close to the Forum of Rome stood the so-called temple of Janus, which, however, was merely an arched passage, closed by massive gates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/#x7)

### note

Plural is usually «forums»; «fora» is formal or academic. Capital F for the Roman Forum.

### In the corpora

- [The internet also makes things that look real but are not: AI videos, fake screenshots, forum posts with no name.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/7/)
- [An anonymous forum post is not news, and children's lives should never be dragged into gossip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/14/)
- [The Romans wrote their laws on twelve tablets displayed in the forum, and many countries' laws today are based on Roman law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/15/)
- [The town centre was the forum, where people shopped, did business and listened to speeches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity/2/)
- [The forum was the centre of a Roman town, with markets, temples, law courts and speeches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/15-rome-daily-life-gladiators-latin-and-christianity/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forum» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forum/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.