nnoun.groupa prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)Derivationally Related Form:confer
Hypernyms:group meeting meeting
Inherited Hypernyms:conferencemeetinggatheringsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:colloquiumseminarsymposium
Instance Hyponyms:Potsdam Conference Yalta Conference
Member Meronyms:conferee
Full Hyponyms:colloquiumresearch colloquiumseminarsymposium
nnoun.groupan association of sports teams that organizes matches for its membersSynset:league
Derivationally Related Form:league
Hypernyms:association
Inherited Hypernyms:leagueassociationorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Ivy Leaguebaseball leaguebasketball leaguebig leaguebowling leaguebush leagueclassdivisionfootball leaguehockey leaguemajor leaguemajorsminor leagueminors
Full Hyponyms:baseball leaguebasketball leaguebowling leagueclassfootball leaguehockey leagueivy leaguelittle leaguemajor leagueminor league
nnoun.communicationa discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topicSynset:group discussion
Derivationally Related Form:confer
Hypernyms:discussion give-and-take word
Inherited Hypernyms:conferencediscussionspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:audiencebull sessioncolloquyconsultationhuddleinterviewnews conferencepowwowpress conferencepretrialpretrial conferenceround-table conferenceround tableroundtablesessionteach-inteleconferenceteleconferencing
Full Hyponyms:backgrounderbaseball clinicbasketball clinicbull sessioncliniccolloquyconfirmation hearingconsultationexecutive sessionhearinghockey clinichuddlepress conferencepretrialreading clinicround tablesessionsidebarsittingskull sessionspecial sessionteach-inteleconferencetutorial