(n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.
Example Sentences:
(1) The centre of an ancient Greek city state was its agora – a place of assembly, for the exchange of ideas among the free-born as well as of goods.
(2) The move follows an equally controversial decision by the country's powerful archaeological council (Kas) to allow two of Athens' most significant ancient sites – the Stoa of Attalos in the ancient agora and Panathenaic Stadium – to be leased to companies for private functions.
(3) Agora said it was the first instance of a court banning an NGO.
(4) "They didn't get fair trial here in Russia so they want to get it finally in the European court of human rights ," said Pavel Chikov, the head of the human rights legal group Agora, which is representing the two women.
(5) He himself drew on the concept of the agora, the place in the cities of ancient Greece where citizens assembled.
(6) He expected further destruction in the coming weeks, including the agora or meeting place, colonnades and burial grounds.
(7) Kos Town Facebook Twitter Pinterest Agora, Kos Town.
(8) The internet has become our agora, the meeting place where diverse opinions can be debated alongside comments on last night's football match.
(9) As for “a truly European culture”, when German journalists accuse Greek ministers of “psychosis”, that mythic agora of nations is a long way off.
(10) We are disciples of the idea that the novel is the agora of many points of view, but also of not only a psychological reality or a political reality, but of many aesthetic realities that would otherwise have no languages."
(11) An interviewer rating scale for the measurement of (agora)phobic avoidance, the Phobic Avoidance Rating Scale (PARS), is described and psychometrically evaluated.
(12) On Wednesday, the supreme court of Russia’s Tatarstan republic ordered the closure of human rights group Agora, whose lawyers have represented opposition figures such as Pussy Riot , for violating the “foreign agents” law that prohibits foreign-funded NGOs from engaging in allegedly political activities.
(13) Prosecutors, tax inspectors and officials from the justice ministry have conducted unannounced "checks" on more than 80 organisations around Russia, said Pavel Chikov, the head of Agora, a legal group that provides assistance to civic and political activists.
(14) He defined the power of the novel as that of the agora , "where all voices are heard, where all voices are respected.
(15) Based on the extensive associations of these proteins to form very large detergent-insoluble structures, we propose that they may be named agorin I, the 20-kD protein, and agorin II, the 40-kD protein, from the Greek agora meaning assembly.
(16) Peppered throughout disconnected suburbs, they were a place to see and be seen, something shoppers have craved since the days of the Greek agora.
(17) Photograph: Reuters However, some of Palmyra’s ruins appear to have survived, including the Agora and the celebrated Roman theatre.
(18) I really think journalism ethics right now are really concerned with whether democracy can function,” said McBride, “When we talk about democracy, we’re really talking about the marketplace of ideas, and whether your idea can surface in a marketplace of ideas,” she said, harking back to the physical Agora gathering places in ancient Greek cities.
(19) Ideas have been swapped over a myriad of internet sites, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds with cyber-assemblies that continued the trademark popular open meetings of last May that saw the Puerta del Sol hailed as a new incarnation of the ancient Greek agora, or debating place.
(20) This time, Agora said Verwey would have “a direct line of communication with the prime minister’s office”, as requested by the commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker .
Forum
Definition:
(n.) A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
(n.) A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
Example Sentences:
(1) The PUP founder made the comments at a voters’ forum and press conference during an open day held at his Palmer Coolum Resort, where he invited the electorate to see his giant robotic dinosaur park, memorabilia including his car collection and a concert by Dean Vegas, an Elvis impersonator.
(2) The Future Forum is a group of 57 health sector specialists chaired by the Professor Steve Field, the former chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
(3) Angela Barnes As I understand it, dating websites are supposed to provide a confidential forum for the exchange of personal information between people who do not yet know each other but might like to.
(4) Baroness Jenny Tonge, president of the European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF), said the Cairo agreement was akin to a "Copernicus revolution".
(5) On the mothers' internet forum Mumsnet, 44% of women who voted in a post-debate survey said they were now thinking of voting Lib Dem, compared with 23% three weeks ago.
(6) One mortgage payer, writing on the MoneySavingExpert forum, said: "They are asking for an extra £200 per month for the remaining nine years of our mortgage.
(7) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
(8) Last night the EDL said in an emailed statement that it was "not aware of any contact between Breivik and EDL leadership … of anyone using the name Sigurd and the forum".
(9) For gene therapy, four significant forums emerged: the President's Commission's Report Splicing Life, the 1982 Congressional Hearings, the OTA Report, and the RAC's Points to Consider document.
(10) At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Netanyahu declared he would not “uproot a single settler” from the Jordan Valley.
(11) And if you don’t believe what I say, look to the World Economic Forum, hardly a hotbed of feminist thought.” That got a laugh, too – but it was still Clinton’s first big f-bomb of the campaign.
(12) Esfandyar Batmanghelidj is organising the second Europe-Iran forum in Geneva in September, which brings Iranian business leaders and foreign investors – including France’s Alstom, the United Arab Emirate’s Aujan, and Italy’s SACE – together.
(13) Although only a small section of the site has been excavated, there are baths, luxurious houses, an amphitheatre, a forum, shops, gardens with working fountains and city walls to explore, with many wonderful mosaics still in situ.
(14) In the James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, it became increasingly apparent to those in advanced practice roles that a forum was needed to provide a supportive milieu in which nursing staff in expanded and advanced practice roles could come together and discuss the clinical needs of patients and nursing practice issues.
(15) U is for United States As ever, there will be plenty of American businessmen on parade at the forum, since they like a few days' R&R in the Alps.
(16) Within the hospital, detailed and multidisciplinary discussion will need to take place within the forum of the radiation safety committee.
(17) These patient groups constituted a forum for discussion and definition of individual treatment goals.
(18) No: what people really objected to – again, see the Man Booker forum – was not the genre but the quality.
(19) We invite the Collaborative Partnership on Forests to continue its support to the Forum and encourage stakeholders to remain actively engaged in the work of the Forum.
(20) There was Paul Nicolaou, the head of the Liberal party fundraising arm the Millennium Forum who, the Icac was told, was getting a $5,000 a month lobbying fee.