English Online Dictionary. What means conference? What does conference mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle French conférence, from Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns, several steps omitting from con- + ferō.
Compare parallel Russian собра́ние (sobránije), Russian сбо́рище (sbórišče), akin to с- (s-), со- (so-) + брать (bratʹ), ultimately from the same Indo-European prefix and root. Also compare congress, convention.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒnf(ə)ɹəns/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑnf(ə)ɹəns/, [ˈkʰɑɱ.fɹəns], [ˈkʰɑɱ.fɹn̩s]
Noun
conference (plural conferences)
- The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
- (politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
- (sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
- (business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
- (sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
- (Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
- (obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
- (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
- A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
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See also
- discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker.
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Verb
conference (third-person singular simple present conferences, present participle conferencing, simple past and past participle conferenced)
- (ambitransitive, education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.