A colloquium, as much as I know, is the simple and informal way of adressing/interacting with audience within an academic environment, while seminar simply connotes the formal way of presenting a …

It seems many people get confused about the differences (and similarities) between "colloquial" and "slang", so what exactly does each term apply to? But to be even more thorough it seems to me we...

Dec 10, 2010 · Gotcha actually has several meanings. All of them can be derived from the phrase of which this is a phonetic spelling, namely " [I have] got you". Literally, from the sense of got = "caught, …

Aug 7, 2017 · a symposium on European cinema Or: colloquium noun [ C ] UK /kəˈləʊkwiəm/ US formal MEETINGS a meeting in which a lot of people discuss something formally: colloquium on sth She …

Feb 23, 2012 · Possible Duplicate: Are there any words I can use to disambiguate “biweekly”? Is there a term two designate a frequency of "every two weeks", like …

Jun 3, 2012 · What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng. and some use Engr.

Apr 21, 2016 · The word rage comes through French from Latin rabies, "frenzy, rage, madness". The English word apparently went from rage "vehement passion" to the fixed phrase the rage meaning …

Dec 13, 2022 · Thank you for the response. However, how would I refer to the number of siblings and still use the word siblings within the sentence? Or perhaps what would be a better way to word it?

Feb 27, 2015 · Dates are reported in English as being in large units like century, decade, era, epoch, period, etc, and also parts of a day -- morning, afternoon, evening; on individual days; and at …

Apr 12, 2018 · I am looking for a word that represents a place where knowledge is shared. Words like academy or school convey the idea of one-way sharing (from teachers/instructors to students), and I …