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Synonyms for conferences

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kon-fer-uhns, -fruhns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn fər əns, -frəns

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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