news conference
noun/ˈnjuːz kɒnfərəns/
/ˈnuːz kɑːnfərəns/
(especially North American English) (also press conference especially in British English)
- a meeting at which somebody talks to a group of journalists in order to answer their questions or to make an official statement
- The announcement was made in a news conference at the airport.
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb2- The chairman told a news conference of the upcoming merger.
- The proposed changes were outlined at a news conference.
- The former manager gave his first news conference since being sacked.
- She addressed reporters after a news conference in Brussels.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- formal
- presidential
- televised
- …
- call
- arrange
- organize
- …
- at a/the news conference
- during a/the news conference
- in a/the news conference
- …
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