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conference
English
Etymology
From Middle French conférence, from Medieval Latin conferentia, from Latin conferens.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.f??ns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?n.f?.??ns/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?n.f?.??ns/, [?k???.f??ns], [?k???.f?n?s]
Noun
conference (plural conferences)
- The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
- (politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
- (sciences) A formal event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
- (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.
- (sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
- (Philippines, sports) A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season.
- (obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- helps and furtherances which […] the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
- A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker.
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Verb
conference (third-person singular simple present conferences, present participle conferencing, simple past and past participle conferenced)
- (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.
- 2009, Jennifer Berne, The Writing-Rich High School Classroom
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hearing
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h??.??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h???.??/, /?h???.??/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /?hi??.??/
- Rhymes: -??r??
Adjective
hearing (comparative more hearing, superlative most hearing)
- Able to hear.
- Deaf people often must deal with hearing people.
Antonyms
- deaf
- nonhearing
Translations
Noun
hearing (countable and uncountable, plural hearings)
- (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
- (countable) The act by which something is heard.
- (uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
- (countable, law) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
- (informal, dated) A scolding.
Derived terms
- hard of hearing
- hearing aid
- hearing-impaired
- in hearing
- preliminary hearing
Translations
Verb
hearing
- present participle of hear
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