单词 | conference |
释义 | conference —conferential /kon'feuh ren"sheuhl/, adj. /kon"feuhr euhns, -freuhns/, n. , v. , conferenced, conferencing. n. 1. a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser. 2. the act of conferring or consulting together; consultation, esp. on an important or serious matter. 3. Govt. a meeting, as of various committees, to settle disagreements between the two branches of the legislature. 4. an association of athletic teams; league: an intercollegiate conference. 5. Eccles. a. an official assembly of clergy or of clergy and laity, customary in many Christian denominations. b. a group of churches whose representatives regularly meet in such an assembly. v.i. 6. to hold or participate in a conference or series of conferences. [1530-40; < ML conferentia. See CONFER, -ENCE] Syn. 1. parley, colloquium. See convention. |
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