Nearby Words
verb (used without object)
1.
to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
verb (used with object)
2.
to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.: to confer a degree on a graduate.
3.
Obsolete. to compare.
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Conferred
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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. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
1400–50 for earlier sense “to summon”; 1520–30 for current senses; late Middle English conferen < Latin conferre to bring together, compare, consult with, equivalent to con- con- + ferre to carry, bear1
1400–50 for earlier sense “to summon”; 1520–30 for current senses; late Middle English conferen < Latin conferre to bring together, compare, consult with, equivalent to con- con- + ferre to carry, bear1
Related forms
con·fer·ment, noun
con·fer·ra·ble, adjective
con·fer·rer, noun
non·con·fer·ra·ble, adjective
pre·con·fer, verb (used without object), pre·con·ferred, pre·con·fer·ring.
EXPANDre·con·fer, verb, re·con·ferred, re·con·fer·ring.
un·con·ferred, adjective
well-con·ferred, adjective
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Example Sentences
- Children's needs don't wait until tenure is conferred.
- The economy steadily transformed itself to match the advanced skills that higher education conferred.
- And that's a benefit related to the one conferred by being close to the equator.
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