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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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union
English
Etymology
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?n.j?n/, /?ju?.ni.?n/
Noun
union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
Synonyms
- junction, coalition, combination
Derived terms
Related terms
- reunion
- reunification
- unify
- unity
Translations
Verb
union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)
- To combine sets using the union operation.
See also
- intersection
- Wikipedia article about unions in set theory
Anagrams
- iunno
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uni?o?n/
Noun
union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)
- union
Inflection
Derived terms
- personalunion
- realunion
Further reading
- “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”). Doublet of unie.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u?ni?on
Noun
union m (plural unions)
- (US, obsolete) A trade union.
- Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond
Esperanto
Noun
union
- accusative singular of unio
French
Etymology
From Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.nj??/
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: Union
Further reading
- “union” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)
- union (of a political nature)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??u?n/
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)
- union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)
- (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Related terms
- unir
References
- "union" in Dicod'òc
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Proper noun
union f (nominative singular union)
- Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)
Synonyms
- Trinité
Descendants
- English: union
- French: union
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union
- union
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- üniun
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y?nju?/
Noun
union f (plural union)
- union
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union c
- union (a body with many members)
Declension
Derived terms
- unionsupplösning
See also
- fackförening
- federation
- förbund
- förening
- kår
- studentkår
Further reading
- union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Venetian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u?njo?/
Noun
union f (invariable)
- union
Related terms
- unir
Welsh
Etymology
un (“one”) +? iawn (“right, correct”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nj?n/
- Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /?/ in all parts of Wales.
Adjective
union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)
- exact
Derived terms
- unioni (“to straighten; to rectify, to redress”)
Mutation
union From the web:
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- what union was involved in the homestead strike
- what union was involved in the pullman strike
- what union means
- what union states allowed slavery
- what unions are there
- what union am i in
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