press conference
noun/ˈpres kɒnfərəns/
/ˈpres kɑːnfərəns/
(especially British English) (North American English usually news conference)
- a meeting at which somebody talks to a group of journalists in order to answer their questions or to make an official statement
- to hold/give a press conference
- The police called a press conference to appeal for witnesses.
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb2- The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport.
- The chairman told a press conference of the forthcoming merger.
- The prime minister outlined the privatization plans at a press conference.
- Few reporters turned up to his press conference about low pay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- joint
- impromptu
- post-match
- …
- call
- arrange
- organize
- …
- at a/the press conference
- during a/the press conference
- in a/the press conference
- …
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