webinar

[ web-uh-nahr ]

noun

1. a seminar or other presentation that takes place on the internet, allowing participants in different locations to see and hear the presenter, ask questions, and sometimes answer polls.

webinar

/ ˈwɛbɪˌnɑː /

noun

1. an interactive seminar conducted over the World Wide Web

Word History and Origins

Origin of webinar¹

First recorded in 1990–95; Web + (sem)inar

Word History and Origins

Origin of webinar¹

C20: from web (sense 14) + ( sem ) inar

Example Sentences

In France, for instance, a real estate agency is holding a webinar Thursday titled “Moving to France post U.S. elections.”

From Los Angeles Times

“It is because Russia is failing to achieve significant results on the battlefield that it resorts to drawing more manpower and drawing more materiel and kit from its allies,” Orysia Lutsevych, head of the Ukraine forum at the British think tank Chatham House, told a webinar put on by the organization.

From Los Angeles Times

“We know North Korea wants to improve its satellite technology capability, conventional weapons capability and missile delivery systems,” he told Friday’s webinar.

From Los Angeles Times

The webinar came three days after Republican vice-presidential nominee JD Vance appeared at an NAR-sponsored event in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, where he stood the biblical teaching to love the stranger on its head, without even trying to quote scripture.

From Salon

Vance’s appearance was perfectly in keeping with a whole web of NAR-GOP collaboration, high-level examples of which were provided by researcher Peter Montgomery of People for the American Way during the webinar.

From Salon