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Antonyms for conferences
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kon-fer-uhns, -fruhns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn fər əns, -frəns |
Definition of conferences
Origin :- 1550s, "act of conferring," from Middle French conférence (15c.), from Medieval Latin conferentia, from Latin conferens, present participle of conferre (see confer). Meaning "formal meeting for consultation" is from 1580s.
- noun convention, colloquium
- noun league of athletic teams
- I frightened you away from a couple of the conferences, as you know.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson
- Since then the Conferences have been continued at intervals of three and four years.
- Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft
- "We're after other game than conferences to-night," said Monmouth, laughing again.
- Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope
- And now a truce was made with the Romans, and conferences held.
- Extract from : « Stories From Livy » by Alfred Church
- At these conferences the most elementary subjects are discussed.
- Extract from : « Booker T. Washington » by Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe
- It is the most gracious, as well as wondrous of all conferences.
- Extract from : « The Faithful Promiser » by John Ross Macduff
- But I thought the order you signed would have put an end to these conferences.
- Extract from : « The Regent's Daughter » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- I believe I met him at one of the conferences in Paris or Geneva.
- Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux
- Behind the bar was a room devoted to conferences of the leaders of the strike.
- Extract from : « Elizabeth Hobart at Exeter Hall » by Jean K. Baird
- He spent one part of the day in conferences of this kind, on morals.
- Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 » by Various
Synonyms for conferences
- appointment
- argument
- association
- athletic union
- chat
- circuit
- colloquy
- confabulation
- conferring
- congress
- consultation
- conversation
- convocation
- deliberation
- discussion
- forum
- gabfest
- groupthink
- huddle
- interchange
- interview
- league
- loop
- meeting
- organization
- palaver
- parley
- powwow
- ring
- round robin
- round table
- seminar
- symposium
- talk
- think-in
- ventilation
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