English noun: conference |
1. | conference (group) a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | group meeting, meeting |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | colloquium, seminar, symposium |
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| Instance hyponym | Potsdam Conference, Yalta Conference |
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| Member holonym | conferee |
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2. | conference (group) an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members |
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| Synonyms | league |
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| Broader (hypernym) | association |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | baseball league, basketball league, big league, bowling league, bush league, class, division, football league, hockey league, Ivy League, major league, majors, minor league, minors |
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3. | conference (communication) a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic |
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| Synonyms | group discussion |
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| Broader (hypernym) | discussion, give-and-take, word |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | audience, bull session, colloquy, consultation, consultation, huddle, interview, news conference, powwow, press conference, pretrial, pretrial conference, round table, round-table conference, roundtable, session, teach-in, teleconference, teleconferencing |
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