seminar

seminar
noun Etymology: German, from Latin seminarium nursery Date: 1863 1. a group of advanced students studying under a professor with each doing original research and all exchanging results through reports and discussions 2. a. (1) a course of study pursued by a seminar (2) an advanced or graduate course often featuring informality and discussion b. a scheduled meeting of a seminar or a room for such meetings 3. a meeting for giving and discussing information

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  • seminar — (n.) 1887, from Ger. Seminar group of students working with a professor, from L. seminarium breeding ground, plant nursery (see SEMINARY (Cf. seminary)). Sense of meeting for discussion of a subject first recorded 1944 …   Etymology dictionary

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  • Seminar — Seminar: Lat. seminarium »Pflanzschule, Baumschule«, das von lat. semen »Samen; Setzling; Sprössling« (urverwandt mit dt. ↑ Samen) abgeleitet ist, gelangte im 16. Jh. ins Deutsche. In übertragenem Gebrauch entwickelte das Wort im schulischen und… …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Seminar — Sem i*nar , n. [G. See {Seminary}, n.] A group of students engaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; formerly called also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Seminar — Seminar, s. Seminarium …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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