teleconferencing

teleconferencing
conference con‧fe‧rence [ˈkɒnfrəns 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 ˌbriefing
a 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

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teleconferencing UK US /ˌtelɪˈkɒnfərənsɪŋ/ noun [U] MEETINGS, COMMUNICATIONS
► a process in which two or more people or groups in different places communicate using phones, computers, etc.: »

video teleconferencing systems/equipment

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More teleconferencing means less long-distance air travel.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • teleconferencing — noun Date: 1974 the holding of a conference among people remote from one another by means of telecommunication devices (as telephones or computer terminals) • teleconference noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • teleconferencing — /tel i kon feuhr euhn sing, freuhn /, n. 1. the holding of teleconferences. Cf. conferencing, videoconferencing. adj. 2. pertaining to or suitable for holding such meetings. [1970 75; TELECONFERENCE + ING1] * * * …   Universalium

  • teleconferencing — noun The holding of teleconferences …   Wiktionary

  • teleconferencing — n. act of holding of teleconferences …   English contemporary dictionary

  • teleconferencing — See videoconferencing …   Big dictionary of business and management

  • teleconferencing — tele·con·fer·enc·ing …   English syllables

  • Teleconferencing — A&V Electronically linked meeting, conducted among groups in separate geographic locations …   Audio and video glossary

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