<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience.</li><li>a collection of opinions expressed or articles contributed by several persons on a given subject or topic.</li><li>an account of a discussion meeting or of the conversation at it.</li><li>(in ancient Greece and Rome) a convivial meeting, usually following a dinner, for drinking and intellectual conversation.</li><li>(initial capital letter, italics) a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, dealing with ideal love and the vision of absolute beauty.</li></ul>