conference

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.

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

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confer·ential (-f-rnshl) adj.

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conference

Noun

a meeting for formal consultation or discussion [Medieval Latin conferentia]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	conference - 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.	conference - an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members league 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.	conference - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic group discussion 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

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conference

noun meeting, congress, discussion, convention, forum, consultation, seminar, symposium, hui N.Z. convocation, colloquium

Translations

conference [ˈkɔnfərns] n (= meeting) → reunión f (= convention); congreso;

to be in conference → estar en una reunión

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conference [ˈkɔnfərns] n → conférence f;

to be in conference → être en réunion or en conférence

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conference [ˈkɔnfərəns] n → Konferenz f;

(more informal) → Besprechung f;

to be in conference → in or bei einer Konferenz/Besprechung sein

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conference [ˈkɔnfərns] n → congresso;

to be in conference → essere in riunione