- conference
- conference con‧fe‧rence [ˈkɒnfrəns ǁ ˈkɑːn-] noun [countable]1. a large formal meeting, usually lasting a day or several days, where people discuss things in order to exchange information or to come to an agreement:
• a sales conference
2. a private and formal meeting involving a small number of people:conference with• After a brief conference with ministers, the Prime Minister left for Germany.
• I'm afraid the CEO is in conference and will not be able to see you today.
ˈpress ˌconference also ˈpress ˌbriefinga meeting at which someone makes an official statement to the people who write for the newspapers, radio, or television:• a high-security press conference
a meeting in which people in different places can talk to each other using video S or computers, so that each person can see and speak to all the others:• I have arranged a teleconference with the export sales team.
— teleconferencing noun [uncountable] :• We are increasingly making use of teleconferencing.
• a teleconferencing system
* * *
conference UK US /ˈkɒnfərəns/ noun [C] MEETINGS► an event, sometimes lasting a few days, at which there are a lot of talks and meetings about a particular subject: »a conference centre/hall
hold/organize a conference (on sth) »The institute will be holding a conference on higher education and economic growth next spring.
attend/go to/speak at a conference »Most of the department attended the Mobile World conference in Barcelona.
»He was the keynote speaker at a conference in Frankfurt.
conference delegate/participant »Conference delegates will receive a discount on the price of their hotel rooms.
► a private and formal meeting between a small number of people: »After a short conference with his advisers, he announced his decision to resign.
»a conference room
Financial and business terms. 2012.