- conference
- conference [kän′fər əns, kän′frəns; ] for n. 6 [ kən fʉr′əns]n.[Fr conférence < ML conferentia < L conferens, prp. of conferre: see CONFER]1. the act of conversing or consulting on a serious matter2. a formal meeting of a number of people for discussion or consultation3. a meeting of committees from both branches of a legislature to reconcile the differences between bills passed by both branches4. [often C-]a) a national or district governing body of the Methodist Churchb) a national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churchesc) a district governed or represented by a conference5. a national or regional association, as of colleges or their athletic teams6. a conferral; bestowal: also sp. conferrencevi.conferenced, conferencing1. to participate in or hold a conference2. to confer, usually over some distance, by means of an electronic communications system or computer networkconferencingn.conferential [kän΄fər en′shəl]adj.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.