Dictionary

webinar en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈweb.əˌnɐː/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑɹ/ (Canada, General-American)
• wĕb′ə-när′
• (US) audio
• /ˈwɛb.əˌnaɹ/ (Scotland)

Etymology

Blend of Web + seminar.

Meanings

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.
   • In response to this decline, a panel of Harvard scholars convened last week for a webinar to discuss how civil society groups can protect and promote democracy in such times of crisis. 2025 February 27, Gina Goldenberg, “From Crisis to Action: Turning the Tide on Democratic Erosion Through Organizing”, in Harvard Kennedy School, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2025:
   • Although there are many other tools that are available in a webinar tool, these are the ones you'll find yourself using most often. 2013, Kristin Kipp, Teaching on the Education Frontier, page 82:
   • Webinars are often painfully short on exposure to the actual product, devoting half of the typical one-hour length to an “expert” disserting on some lofty topic, another fifteen minutes to a fluffy presentation about the company and its strategic direction, and a scant five minutes to a quick demo. 2003, Francoise Tourniaire, Just Enough CRM, page 168:
   • I just got an email invitation to a webinar on the value of primary sources.
   • One other point: An impressive site design can never rescue poorly written copy, sloppy videos, or boring webinar recordings. 2011, Jon Wuebben, Content is Currency: Developing Powerful Content for Web and Mobile, page 28:
   • It's not that all women aren't interested in learning to download files or take Webinars, it's that their “why bother” factor may well kick in. 2003, Andrea Learned, quoted in Martha Barletta's Marketing to Women, page 93:
   • Register today for our informative webinar and executive book offer. 2006, Selling Power, volume 26, numbers 1–9, page 44:
   • Web conferences or Webinars are a great way to learn about products or subjects of interest. 2002, Ann Rockley, Managing Enterprise Content, page 274:

Forms

Relateds

webconferencing · web conference · webcast

Translations (30)

ru вебина́р (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · fi verkkoseminaari (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · pt webinário (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · ja ウェビナー (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · de Webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · oc webinari (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · lv vebinārs (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · cs webinář (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · fr webinaire (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · es seminario web (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · es webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · he וובינר (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · it seminario in rete (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · fi webinaari (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · id webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · es webinario (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · lv tīmekļseminārs (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · sv webbinarium (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · cmn 網絡研討會 /网络研讨会 (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · pl webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · ru онла́йн-семина́р (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · el ιστοσεμινάριο (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · eo retseminario (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · lv tīmekļa seminārs (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · pl webinarium (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · hu webinárium (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · it teleseminario (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · hu webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · nl webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet) · oc seminari web (interactive seminar conducted via Internet)