- a large official meeting, usually lasting for a few days, at which people with the same work or interests come together to discuss their views
- The hotel is used for exhibitions, conferences and social events.
- to host/organize a conference
- to speak at/address a conference
- The conference will be held in Glasgow.
- Delegates to the Labour Party's annual conference will be staying in the Grand Hotel.
- the national conference of the American Psychiatric Association
- at a conference We met at an international conference.
- The resolution will be debated at the party conference in Brighton.
- conference on something She is attending a three-day conference on climate change.
- conference for somebody a conference for health professionals from around the world
- a conference room/centre
WordfinderExtra Examples- The conference adopted a resolution on minority rights.
- The conference agreed to adopt a set of compromise proposals.
- The conference brought together historians working in a variety of fields.
- The conference featured a keynote address by one of our most eminent scientists.
- The conference heard an appeal from a representative from one of the more deprived areas.
- The party leader made a morale-boosting speech from the conference platform.
- a conference devoted to the topic of peace
- a conference entitled ‘Strategies for Epidemic Control’
- a conference examining cross-border cooperation
- a conference for catering managers
- a conference on economic aid
- an intergovernmental conference examining cross-border cooperation
- The meeting was held in a conference centre in Birmingham.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- international
- national
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- centre/center
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- a meeting at which people have formal discussions
- They agreed to convene a peace conference by mid-November.
- conference with somebody Her working day consists of conferences with foreign diplomats.
- in conference (with somebody) He was in conference with his lawyers all day.
- Ministers from all four countries involved will meet at the conference table this week.
Extra Examples- Management had a joint conference with the union.
- a conference between the warring parties
- He scheduled a conference for the following week to discuss what should happen next.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- international
- national
- regional
- …
- series
- attend
- go to
- hold
- …
- meet
- take place
- begin
- …
- centre/center
- facilities
- venue
- …
- at a/the conference
- in conference with
- conference about
- …
- (especially North American English) a group of sports teams that play against each other in a league
- Southeast Conference football champions
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘conversation, talk’): from French conférence or medieval Latin conferentia, from Latin conferre ‘bring together’, from con- ‘together’ + ferre ‘bring’.
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