group discussion

Noun
  1. A discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic (synset 107157274)
    is a type of: discussion, give-and-take, word - an exchange of views on some topic
    subtypes:
    • bull session - an informal discussion (usually among men)
    • colloquy - a conversation especially a formal one
    • consultation - a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question
    • audience, consultation, interview - a conference (usually with someone important)
    • huddle, powwow - (informal) a quick private conference
    • news conference, press conference - a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity
    • pretrial, pretrial conference - (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases
    • round table, round-table conference, roundtable - a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views
    • session - a meeting for execution of a group's functions
    • teach-in - an extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue
    • teleconference, teleconferencing - a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
    same as: conference

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