"webinar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwɛbɪnɑɹ/ [General-American], /ˈwɛbɪnɑː/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: webinars [plural]
Etymology: Blend of Web + seminar. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Web|seminar}} Blend of Web + seminar Head templates: {{en-noun}} webinar (plural webinars)
  1. An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing. Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: Webinar Related terms: web conference, webconferencing, webcast Translations (interactive seminar conducted via Internet): 網絡研討會 (Chinese Mandarin), 网络研讨会 (wǎngluò yántǎohuì) (Chinese Mandarin), webinář [masculine] (Czech), retseminario (Esperanto), verkkoseminaari (Finnish), webinaari (Finnish), webinaire [masculine] (French), Webinar [neuter] (German), ιστοσεμινάριο (istoseminário) (Greek), webinar (Hungarian), webinárium (Hungarian), teleseminario [masculine] (Italian), seminario in rete [masculine] (Italian), ウェビナー (webinā) (Japanese), tīmekļseminārs [masculine] (Latvian), tīmekļa seminārs [masculine] (Latvian), vebinārs [masculine] (Latvian), webinari [masculine] (Occitan), seminari web [masculine] (Occitan), webinar [masculine] (Polish), webinário [masculine] (Portuguese), вебина́р (vɛbinár) [masculine] (Russian), онла́йн-семина́р (onlájn-seminár) [masculine] (Russian), webinario [masculine] (Spanish), seminario web [masculine] (Spanish), webbinarium [neuter] (Swedish)

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