Fora

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forum \Fo"rum\, n.; pl. E. {Forums}, L. {Fora}. [L.; akin to
     foris, foras, out of doors. See {Foreign}.]
     1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were
        judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
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     2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and
        decide causes.
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              He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the
              senate than in the forum.             --Brougham.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forum
       n 1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
       2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: {assembly},
           {meeting place}]
       3: a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece [syn: {agora},
           {public square}]
       [also: {fora} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fora
       See {forum}

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  fora pl.n. Plural of {forum}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  fora
       
          {forum}