Meeting places

noun

1. The marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
2. A public meeting place for open discussion

   "The club provides a forum for people interested in local history."

3. A medium (such as a newspaper or online service) of open discussion or expression of ideas
4. A judicial body or assembly court
5. A public meeting or lecture involving audience discussion

   "The town has scheduled a public forum to discuss the proposal."

6. A program (as on radio or television) involving discussion of a problem usually by several authorities

geographical name

1. City north of Rio de Janeiro in Minas Gerais, eastern Brazil population 516,247

verb

1. To have possession or ownership of or have at one's disposal

   "holds property worth millions"

2. To have as a privilege or position of responsibility

   "hold a professorship"

3. To have as a mark of distinction

   "holds the record for the 100-yard dash"

4. To prevent free expression of

   "hold your temper"

5. To prevent from some action

   "ordered the troops to hold fire"

6. To keep back from use

   "ask them to hold a room for us"

7. To delay temporarily the handling of

   "please hold all my calls"

8. To make liable or accountable or bound to an obligation

   "I'll hold you to your promise"

9. To have or maintain in the grasp

   "hold my hand"

10. To support in a particular position or keep from falling or moving

    "hold me up so I can see"

11. To bear the pressure of support

    "can the roof hold all of that weight"

12. To avoid emitting or letting out

    "how long can you hold your breath"

13. To restrain as or as if a captive

    "the suspect was held without bail"

14. To enclose and keep in a container or within bounds contain

    "the jug holds one gallon"

15. To be able to consume easily or without undue effect

    "can't hold any more pie"

16. Accommodate

    "the restaurant holds 400 diners"

17. To have as a principal or essential feature or attribute

    "the book holds a number of surprises"

18. To have in the mind or express as a judgment, opinion, or belief

    "I hold the view that this is wrong"

19. To think of in a particular way regard

    "were held in high esteem"

20. To assemble for and carry on the activity of

    "held a convention"

21. To cause to be carried on conduct

    "will hold a seminar"

22. To produce or sponsor especially as a public exhibition

    "will hold an art show"

23. To maintain occupation, control, or defense of

    "the troops held the ridge"

24. To maintain (a certain condition, situation, or course of action) without change

    "hold a course due east"

25. To cover (a part of the body) with one or both hands (as for protection or comfort)

    "held his knee after the fall"

26. To maintain position refuse to give ground

    "the defensive line is holding"

27. To continue in the same way or to the same degree last

    "hopes the weather will hold"

28. To derive right or title
29. To be or remain valid apply

    "the rule holds in most cases"

30. To maintain a grasp on something remain fastened to something

    "the anchor held in the rough sea"

31. To go ahead as one has been going

    "held south for several miles"

32. To bear or carry oneself

    "asked him to hold still"

33. To forbear an intended or threatened action halt, pause
34. To stop counting during a countdown
35. To have illicit drug material in one's possession

verb

1. To strike something with a sharp blow
2. To collide with something
3. Bustle

   "heard them knocking around in the kitchen"

4. Wander

   "knocked about Europe all summer"

5. To make a pounding noise
6. To have engine knock
7. To find fault
8. To set forcibly in motion with a blow
9. To cause to collide
10. To find fault with

    "always knocking those in authority"

noun

1. A curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hooked
2. Such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament
3. Something shaped like or suggestive of a loop
4. A circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane
5. A ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch
6. A piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuously
7. A continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images

   "a drum loop"

8. A series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached
9. A select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making

   "out of the policy loop"

10. A closed electric circuit
11. A sports league

noun

1. Loophole

noun

1. Destruction, ruin

   "… quitted all to save / A world from utter loss …"

2. The harm or privation resulting from losing or being separated from someone or something

   "Her sudden death was a great loss to the community."

3. An instance of losing someone or something

   "mourning the loss of a dear friend to cancer"

4. Killed, wounded, or captured soldiers

   "The regiment suffered terrible losses."

5. The power diminution of a circuit see circuit or circuit element corresponding to conversion of electrical energy into heat by resistance see resistance
6. Failure to gain, win, obtain, or utilize

   "loss of income/revenue"

7. An amount by which the cost of something exceeds its selling price

   "profits and losses"

8. Decrease in amount, magnitude, value, or degree

   "his recent weight loss"

9. The amount of an insured's financial detriment by death or damage that the insurer is liable for

   "Insured losses arising from a string of tornadoes in Missouri earlier this year may reach more than $139 million …"

10. The distance the ball is moved away from the goal during a play

    "There was a gain of five yards on first down, but a loss of three yards on second down."

noun

1. A letter setting forth the terms under which an informant will provide information to a federal prosecutor in exchange for limited immunity proffer letter

   "In the book, Jones admits federal prosecutors offered her a "queen for a day" letter—a written agreement that would have allowed federal agents to question Jones without the risk of being prosecuted."

noun

1. The act or process of voting again

   "The board ordered/held/scheduled a revote."