confer

«confer» in Mova's school dictionary: To talk together and share ideas before deciding… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (confer, confers, conferred, conferring)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To talk together and share ideas before deciding something: the judges conferred. tree →

2) (formal) To give someone an honour, title, right or prize: the university conferred a degree on her. tree →

sense in the lessons

A formal word in meetings, sport and ceremonies; in quizzes teams "confer" before answering. In everyday talk people say "talk it over" or "discuss". Phrases: confer with, confer on, no conferring (in quizzes).

examples

• The referees conferred before giving the penalty. tree →
• The team conferred and chose their answer. tree →
• (formal) The headteacher conferred with the parents. tree →
• The Queen conferred a knighthood on the scientist. tree →
• In the quiz, no conferring is allowed in round one! tree →
• (formal) The award confers the right to free entry. tree →
• He reigned for a long time, conferring several benefits upon his brother. tree →

note

Double r in the past: conferred, conferring. Noun: conference (a big meeting). Stress on the second syllable: con-FER. Formal; usually "discuss" or "give" is simpler.

In the corpora

• And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they following Adonijah helped him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «confer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.