town hall
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3.7
- noun
- /taʊn hɔl/
:
reunión pública
- The upcoming town hall event is a great opportunity for citizens to engage with their elected representatives.
- a town hall meeting
- electronic town hall
- town hall format
And so there's a scene in the play that is a sort of town hall esque meeting.
- And so there's a scene in the play that is a sort of town hall esque meeting.
- He has not held a single public town hall in six years in the state of Georgia.
- My good brother Gabriel Bryant was a part of that town hall.
- Well, good evening and thank you for joining us live for our post Debate Town Hall here on Merit TV.
- Now, in all the chaos at Trump's town hall, one voice rose above the crowd.
- I I've had a number of town halls and I've heard a number of very impassioned opinions.
- She remains solid, grounded, decent and generous whether she was moderating a town hall or sitting on her back porch with her girlfriends.
Examples
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That town hall was fantastic.
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This town hall meeting allows the South Central community to interact... with the director of Central intelligence.
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We better make a good showing at this town hall meeting.
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That was our best town hall In a long time.
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We will now begin our town hall meeting so you can get to know the candidates.
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Here in California, I attended one of several "town hall" meetings, which are being held throughout the state.
Blog text (3) -
In the meantime, we can work out dates for future town hall meetings.
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If social issues come up in the town hall, he's going to have some tough decisions to make.
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The president is tested in the town hall on a new standard of responsiveness.
Academic text (1997) -
She did not show up to her town hall, but her constituents did show up.
Synonyms
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2.6
A meeting where people in a town discuss and decide local issues
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3.4
A meeting where local people ask officials questions and discuss community issues
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2.2
A planned time when several people come together to talk about something
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a public meeting or forum' is directly compositional from 'town' (local community) + 'hall' (a room or building for gatherings): a hall associated with the town where people meet. This noun-noun combination is a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g., 'town-hall meeting') so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Town hall: The noun town hall also means a public meeting because people would go to the town hall building to hear leaders and ask questions. That's why 'town hall' can mean a 'public meeting' or event.