how to pronounce symposium

/sɪmˈpəʊ.zi.əm/

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symposium is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of symposium in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a symposium on valley fever and the …”

meanings of symposium

noun:

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.

symposium frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word symposium occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics symposium can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that symposium can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;