Definitions of Meeting Seminar What is seminar? seminar a conference or meeting for discussion or training seminar sema narl noun a conference or other meeting for discussion or training. a class at a college or university in which a topic is discussed by a teacher and a small group of students. ORIGIN late 19th century: from German seminar, from Latin seminarium(see seminary) conference a formal meeting for discussion conference kan(a) ransl noun 1 a formal meeting for discussion: he gathered all the men around the table for a conference. a formal meeting that typically takes place over a number of days and involves people with a shared interest, especially one held regularly by an association or organization: an international conference on the environment l the third annual National Wilderness Conference. lusually as modifier] linking of several telephones or computers, so that each user may communicate with the others simultaneously a conference call. 2 an association of sports teams that play each other. 3 the governing body of some Christian churches, especially the Methodist Church. verb Ino object(usually as noun conferencing) take part in a conference or conference call: video conferencing. PHRASES in conference in a meeting; engaged in discussions. ORIGIN early 16th century(in the general sense'conversation, talk): from French conférence or medieval Latin conferentia, from Latin conferre'bring together(see confer)