an Internet site where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' postings. 2 chiefly North American a court or 3(plural fora lforal) (in an ancient Roman city) a public square or marketplace used for judicial and other business. ORIGIN late Middle English sense 3): from Latin, literally"what is out of doors originally denoting an enclosure surrounding a house; related to fores"(outside) door. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th century. summit- a meeting between heads of government summit samatl noun 1 the highest point of a hill or mountain. considered to form the highest attainable level of achievement: the dramas are one of the summits of world literature. conference. 2 a meeting between heads of government: las modifierl:a summit verb(summits, summiting, summited) (with object) 658 climbers summited reach the summit of(a mountain or hill: in 2013, Everest l Ino objectl they started climbing at 3:45 a.m. and summited at 8:45 ORIGIN English(n the general sense'top part): from old French somete, late Middle from som'top," from Latin summum, neuter of summus"highest." typically discussion- the action or process of talking about something, in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas: a conversation or debate about a certain topic. negotiation- discussion aimed at reaching an agreement. negotiation Ina gosHe asH(a)nl noun(also negotiations) worldwide ban is currently under discussion aimed at reaching an agreement: a negotiation of the negotiation negotiations between unions and employers l deals. ownership of a document. the action or process of transferring ORIGIN