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   conference

   /ˈkɒnf(ə)rəns/

   noun

   • 1. a formal meeting of people with a shared interest, typically one that takes place over several days: "an international conference on the environment" Similar congressmeetingconventionseminarcolloquiumsymposiumforumconvocationsummitsynodconclaveconsultationawayday
   • ▪ a formal meeting for discussion: "he gathered all the men around the baize table for a conference" Similar discussionconsultationexchange of viewsdebatetalkconversationdialoguechattête-à-têtenegotiationstalksparleypalaverinformal:confabformal:confabulation
   • ▪ a linking of several phones or computers, so that each user may communicate with the others simultaneously: "a conference call"
   • 2. a commercial association for the regulation of an area of activity or the exchange of information: "an international authority or, if that was not possible, a regional operators' conference"
   • ▪ an association of sports teams which play each other: "Colchester regained the lead of the GM Vauxhall Conference"
   • ▪ the governing body of some Christian Churches, especially Methodist Churches.

   verb

   • 1. take part in a conference or conference call: "I conferenced with a senior analyst at the Congressional Research Service"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the general sense ‘conversation, talk’): from French conférence or medieval Latin conferentia, from Latin conferre ‘bring together’ (see confer).

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