conferencing

[kon-fer-uhn-sing, -fruhn-]

con·fer·enc·ing

[kon-fer-uhn-sing, -fruhn-]
noun
1.
the holding of a series of meetings or conferences.
2.
participation in a conference that involves use of a particular electronic technology: audio conferencing; computer conferencing. Compare teleconferencing (def. 1), videoconferencing.

Origin:
1860–65; conference + -ing1

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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con·fer·ence

[kon-fer-uhns, -fruhns] noun, verb, con·fer·enced, con·fer·enc·ing.
noun
1.
a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.
2.
the act of conferring or consulting together; consultation, especially on an important or serious matter.
3.
Government. a meeting, as of various committees, to settle disagreements between the two branches of the legislature.
4.
an association of athletic teams; league: an intercollegiate conference.
5.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
an official assembly of clergy or of clergy and laity, customary in many Christian denominations.
b.
a group of churches whose representatives regularly meet in such an assembly.
verb (used without object)
6.
to hold or participate in a conference or series of conferences.

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

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


1. parley, colloquium. See convention.

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