Meaning of conference | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Congress, conference.
2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views
3. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
4. An autumn cultivar of the European pear Pyrus communis.
5. a meeting for discussion. The conference of heart specialists was held in New York. konferensie, byeenkoms; samespreking, bespreking, beraadslaging مُؤْتَمَر конференция conferência konference, setkání die Konferenz møde; konference συνέδριο, συνεδρίασηconferencia konverents کنفرانس؛ همایش konferenssi congrèsועידה, כנס सम्मेलन zbor, sastanak, konferencija értekezlet, konferencia konferensi ráðstefna conferenza 会議 회의 konferencija konference mesyuarat congreskonferanse, møtekonferencja کنفرانس ...
6. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison
7. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
   obsolete
8. a telephone conversation in which more than two people participate. telekonferensie مُحادَثَ هاتِفِيَّه مُتَعَدِّدَةُ المُشارِكين конферентен разговор audioconferência konferenční hovor die Konferenzverbindung mødesal; konferencesal τηλεφωνική συνδιάλεξη ανάμεσα σε περισσότερα από δύο άτομα teleconferencia konverentskõne مکالمۀ تلفنی چند نفره konferenssipuhelu audioconférence שִׂיחַת וְעִידָה फोन पर सम्मेलन करना konferencijski poziv konferenciahívás trimitra audioconferenza 会議電話 전화회의 telefoni...
9. A multilateral diplomatic negotiation
10. A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
11. A meeting for consultation or discussion.
12. A formal event where scientists or other scholars present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means
13. A formal event where scientists or other scholars present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
14. An assembly of clerical or of clerical and lay members from a particular district in various Protestant churches.
15. 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
16. 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.
17. Sports An association of teams.
    Sports
18. A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
19. The act of conferring, as of an academic degree.
20. A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
    Philippines
21. a meeting for consultation, exchange of information, or discussion, esp one with a formal agenda
22. A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
23. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a formal meeting of two or more states, political groups, etc, esp to discuss differences or formulate common policy
24. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
25. (Ecclesiastical Terms) an assembly of the clergy or of clergy and laity of any of certain Protestant Christian Churches acting as representatives of their denomination: the Methodist conference.
26. A talk or lecture, (Catholicism) especially when given as part of a retreat.
27. (General Sporting Terms) sport a league or division of clubs or teams
    sport

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Examples

“Nor with such free and friendly conference / As he hath used of old.”

“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.”

“helps and furtherances which […] the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford”

““[…]But I do know of a man who is an expert on the topic. In fact, he gave a conference here in our church not very long ago.[…]””

“She gave a conference each evening during the retreat while Fr Dubas gave two talks during the day.”

“Frank Underhill listened intensely as Father Master began his conference that first evening after prayers in chapel at 7:00 p.m. with an enthusiastic and entertaining account of his own first night in the Society[…].”

“When Brother Lee came to the United States, the first conference he gave was in 1962 on the all-inclusive Christ. All the attendees were new ones, yet he did not consider that the all-inclusive Christ was too high for them. No, he gave a conference on the all-inclusive Christ, including all these points from the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers.”

“In July 2004 in Finland he gave a conference on the link between prayer and ecology, and in July 2006, speaking to some German deaconesses, he gave an an-yet-unpublished conference on a similar topic titled “Transfiguration as an Icon of the Consecrated Life.””

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