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Conference

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Noun

1. conference

a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)

2. conference, league

an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

3. conference, group discussion

a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Conference

see synonyms of conference
noun
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

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Conference

see synonyms of conference
noun
1. 
the act of conversing or consulting on a serious matter
2. 
a formal meeting of a number of people for discussion or consultation
3. 
a meeting of committees from both branches of a legislature to reconcile the differences between bills passed by both branches
4.  [often C-]
a. 
a national or district governing body of the Methodist Church
b. 
a national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churches
c. 
a district governed or represented by a conference
5. 
a national or regional association, as of colleges or their athletic teams
6. 
a conferral; bestowal
: also sp. conˈferrence
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈconferenced or ˈconferencing
7. 
to participate in or hold a conference
8. 
to confer, usually over some distance, by means of an electronic communications system or computer network

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Conference

see synonyms of conference
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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