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conference

[kon-fer-uhns, -fruhns]

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noun

a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.

the act of conferring or consulting together; consultation, especially on an important or serious matter.

Government. a meeting, as of various committees, to settle disagreements between the two branches of the legislature.

an association of athletic teams; league: an intercollegiate conference.

Ecclesiastical.

an official assembly of clergy or of clergy and laity, customary in many Christian denominations.

a group of churches whose representatives regularly meet in such an assembly.

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verb (used without object)

to hold or participate in a conference or series of conferences.

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Conference is one of our favorite verbs.

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to bark; yelp.

chat, to converse

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Origin:
1530–40; < Medieval Latin conferentia. See confer, -ence

Related forms

con·fer·en·tial

[kon-fuh-ren-shuhl] , adjective

pre·con·fer·ence, noun

sub·con·fer·ence, noun

sub·con·fer·en·tial, adjective

Synonyms
1. parley, colloquium. See convention.

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Example Sentences

Because of the current flux, now is a good time to bring rationality to the conference alignments.

Just because a conference comes to town doesn't mean that town hall endorses its views.

That, in a nutshell, was the message of the third day of the eTech conference.

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Because of the current flux, now is a good time to bring rationality to the conference alignments.

Just because a conference comes to town doesn't mean that town hall endorses its views.

That, in a nutshell, was the message of the third day of the eTech conference.

Scuttlebutt from that conference has already started fueling speculation about how important this new dinosaur might be.

We got together in a conference room and discussed it.

The droll conference room meeting of yore is a thing of the past.

My office mates called me into the conference room at launch time.

Getting a group of players together for online battles in multiplayer games is easier now than placing a conference call.

Conference rooms, reception areas and group tours are also available.

Impulse book buyers at this year's conference will have to wait before gratifying their literary desires.

Skype is reaching out to corporate users with a new service for conference calling.

For instance, many people find it funny that a conference on humour could take place in.

Ballard announced yesterday during a telephone press conference from a.

Once found, they projected the information onto a conference wall to raise awareness about information security.

Surely the conference organizers put certain papers together on a panel for a reason.

The bigger question is what the conference might mean for the future of the reclusive state.

Internet facilities, and a conference hall are being constructed and will open this fall.

Numerous new species have been named, long-awaited conference proceedings have been published, new techniques for studying.

But lost in the whirlwind of conference moves and revenue projections was this fact: right now, the money isn't there.

I've seen more and more conference posters printed on fabric lately.

These days they are popping up on front pages and conference podiums all over the world.

Ask students to pretend they have been hired as environmental consultants to a world conference on fishing.

The socially conscious conference launches with the announcement of a partnership with the online auction site.

So, after a fortnight of sometimes constructive discussion, on the eve of the last day a new version was put to the conference.

The conference itself was organized through social media networks.

Naysayers get their turn at the second annual conference on the space elevator, and that's exactly what supporters want.

It has taken an isolated position on some plans at the conference.

At a news conference today the team released images of the grotto-including the undated photo above-taken with a probe.

The two conference names could actually mean something, unlike the current conference names, which mean nothing.

He can look forward to a less rocky party conference in the autumn than he was once anticipating.

Damer said he hoped that the conference addresses some of these themes.

The conference rehearsed many familiar complaints, bashing the rational-expectations hypothesis.

The scientists said they held the press conference earlier than intended to quell rumors about their findings.

Many calls for conference proposals and grants use these.

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World English Dictionary

conference (ˈkɒnfərəns, -frəns)

—n
1.	a meeting for consultation, exchange of information, or discussion, esp one with a formal agenda
2.	a formal meeting of two or more states, political groups, etc, esp to discuss differences or formulate common policy
3.	an assembly of the clergy or of clergy and laity of any of certain Protestant Christian Churches acting as representatives of their denomination: the Methodist conference
4.	sport a league or division of clubs or teams
5.	rare an act of bestowal

[C16: from Medieval Latin conferentia, from Latin conferre to bring together; see confer]

conferential

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

conference

1550s, "act of conferring," from Fr. conférence (16c.), from M.L. conferentia, from conferre (see confer). Meaning "formal meeting for consultation" is from 1580s.

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