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conference

Definition

  • noun: a formal meeting in which many people gather in order to talk about ideas or problems related to a particular topic (such as medicine or business) usually for several days
  • noun: a meeting of two or more persons for discussing matters of common concern
  • sometimes used before another noun

Examples

  • an international peace 'conference' [=a meeting in which leaders of many countries talk about peace]

  • The organization held/hosted its annual 'conference' in New York this year.

  • a 'conference' center [=a large building where conferences are held]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) It's in Pasadena, though. It's a little further from the beach. You okay with that? Change of view would be good. Yeah. There's this one day conference in Sacramento that he thinks I should attend... that, could help move things in that direction. I fly out for a day in a few days. (..)
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