- 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.
- a collection of opinions expressed or articles contributed by several persons on a given subject or topic.
- an account of a discussion meeting or of the conversation at it.
- (in ancient Greece and Rome) a convivial meeting, usually following a dinner, for drinking and intellectual conversation.
- a philosophical dialogue (4th century b.c.) by Plato, dealing with ideal love and the vision of absolute beauty.
- a conference or meeting for the discussion of some subject, esp an academic topic or social problem
- a collection of scholarly contributions, usually published together, on a given subject
- (in classical Greece) a drinking party with intellectual conversation, music, etc
