conference

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A legal conference taking place at the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law

Etymology

From Middle French conférence, from Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns.

Pronunciation

Noun

conference (plural conferences)

  1. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
    • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      Nor with such free and friendly conference / As he hath used of old.
    • 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Seed Time and Harvest”, in Sketches of Life and Character‎, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 129:
      Mr. Wiley, a lawyer of some ability, was sitting in his office one day, when an elderly gentleman came in and asked to have a few words of conference with him.
  2. (politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
  3. (sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
  4. (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.
  5. (sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
  6. (Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
  7. (obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
    • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J S, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, , London: Will Stansby , published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
      helps and furtherances which […] the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford
  8. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
  9. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.

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Verb

conference (third-person singular simple present conferences, present participle conferencing, simple past and past participle conferenced)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
    • 2009, Jennifer Berne, The Writing-Rich High School Classroom:
      The students who were conferenced on paper 1 will get a written response to paper 2, and those who received a written response to paper 1 will be conferenced on paper 2.
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