Conference

Noun

 * 1)  A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
 * 2)  A formalized event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
 * 3)  An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue -- like a new product, market trend or government regulation -- with a range of speakers.
 * 4)  A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.

Adjectives for Conference
friendly; all-night; midnight; afternoon; dinner; proposed; rapid; hurried; whispered; brief; private; personal; long; wearisome; fateful; remarkable; regional; diplomatic; astronomical; family; official; arms; plenipotentiary; national; sad; radical; recent; emergency; worth-while; informal; preliminary; secret; ominous; homespun; amicable; endless; intended; extraordinary; soft; affable; casual; overheard; annual.

Verbs for Conference
adjourn—; address—; break off—; bring before—; buckle down to—; close—; demand —with;  dissolve—;  gather  in—; herald—; meet in—; preside over—; represent at—; resume—; sponsor—; urge—; —assembles; —collapses; —convenes; —discusses; —elects; —ensues; —formulates; —governs; —honors; —outlaws; —passes; —resolves; —rules.

Derived terms
conference table; news conference; press conference; conference room

Thesaurus
advisory body, airing, analysis, archbishopric, archdiocese, assembly, association, attention, audience, audition, bargaining, bargaining session, bench, bishopric, board, body of advisers, borough council, brain trust, bugging, bull session, buzz session, cabinet, camarilla, canvassing, chamber, chapter, circuit, city council, classis, colloquium, colloquy, common council, conciliarism, conclave, confab, confabulation, confrontation, congregation, congress, consideration, consistory, consultation, consultative assembly, convention, convocation, council, council fire, council of ministers, council of state, council of war, county council, court, debate, debating, deliberation, deliberative assembly, dialectic, dialogue, diet, diocesan conference, diocese, directory, discussion, divan, ear, eavesdropping, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, electronic surveillance, examination, exchange of views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, favorable attention, forum, hearing, high-level talk, huddle, interchange of views, interview, investigation, joint discussion, junta, kitchen cabinet, legislature, listening, listening in, logical analysis, logical discussion, loop, meeting, negotiations, news conference, open discussion, open forum, palaver, panel discussion, parish, parish council, parley, parochial church council, parochial council, plenary council, pourparler, powwow, presbytery, press conference, privy council, province, rap, rap session, review, round robin, round table, seance, see, seminar, session, sitting, soviet, staff, study, summit, summit conference, summitry, symposium, syndicate, synod, talk, town meeting, treatment, tribunal, tryout, ventilation, vestry, wheel, wiretapping

Translations

 * Afrikaans: konferensie
 * Arabic: مؤتمر
 * Bulgarian: конференция,
 * Chinese:
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: konference (science)
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 * Greek: συνέδριο, συνδιάσκεψη, σύσκεψη
 * Hebrew: ועידה (ve'ida)


 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: comhdháil
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 회의
 * Kurdish:
 * Manx: co-whaiyl
 * Persian: کنفرانس
 * Polish: konferencja
 * Portuguese: conferência
 * Russian: конференция
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 * Sotho: seboka
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: konferens