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conference

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con·fer·ence  (knfr-ns, -frns)
n.
1.
a. A meeting for consultation or discussion.
b. An exchange of views.
c. A meeting of committees to settle differences between two legislative bodies.
2. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.
3. Sports An association of teams.
4. The act of conferring, as of an academic degree.

[Medieval Latin cnferentia, from Latin cnferns, cnferent-, present participle of cnferre, to bring together; see confer.]

confer·ential (-f-rnshl) adj.

conference
Noun
a meeting for formal consultation or discussion [Medieval Latin conferentia]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.conferenceconference - a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
symposium - a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations
seminar - any meeting for an exchange of ideas
colloquium - an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting
conferee - a member of a conference
2.conferenceconference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
association - a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"
big league, major league, majors - the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
bush league, minor league, minors - a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
baseball league - a league of baseball teams
basketball league - a league of basketball teams
bowling league - a league of bowling teams
football league - a league of football teams
hockey league - a league of hockey teams
Ivy League - a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige
class, division - a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
3.conferenceconference - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
give-and-take, discussion, word - an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
bull session - an informal discussion (usually among men)
colloquy - a conversation especially a formal one
consultation - a conference between two or more people to consider a particular question; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"
consultation, interview, audience - a conference (usually with someone important); "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"
huddle, powwow - (informal) a quick private conference
news conference, press conference - a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity
pretrial, pretrial conference - (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases
round table, round-table conference, roundtable - a meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views; "a roundtable on the future of computing"
session - a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature"
teach-in - an extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue
teleconference, teleconferencing - a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television

conference
Translations
Spanish conference [ˈkɔnfərns] n (= meeting) → reunión f (= convention); congreso;
to be in conference → estar en una reunión

French conference [ˈkɔnfərns] nconférence f;
to be in conference → être en réunion or en conférence

German conference [ˈkɔnfərəns] nKonferenz f;
(more informal) → Besprechung f;
to be in conference → in or bei einer Konferenz/Besprechung sein

Italian conference [ˈkɔnfərns] ncongresso;
to be in conference → essere in riunione

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I am telling you what is a pretty open secret when I tell you that there is a conference due to be held this week at some place or another on the continent-I don't know where, myself - which will have a very important bearing upon our future.
While I was in this bewildered frame of mind, sorely needing a little quiet time by myself to put me right again, my daughter Penelope got in my way (just as her late mother used to get in my way on the stairs), and instantly summoned me to tell her all that had passed at the conference between Mr.
And I said, 'Nay, sir, you can't do that, for Conference has forbid the women preaching, and she's given it up, all but talking to the people a bit in their houses.
 
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