conference

«conference» in Mova's school dictionary: a big formal meeting where many people come together to… — 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

noun (a conference, conferences)

meaning for a pupil

1) A conference is a big formal meeting where many people come together to discuss or learn about a subject, often for one or more days. tree →

2) A conference is a smaller meeting to talk about something important: a parent–teacher conference. tree →

3) In US sport, a conference is a group of teams that play against each other. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school life, parent–teacher conferences (US/Canada; UK: «parents' evening») are meetings to talk about a child's progress. Scientists and doctors share discoveries at conferences. In news, leaders hold a «press conference» to answer reporters' questions. Phrases: «parent–teacher conference», «press conference», «video conference», «in conference».

examples

• My parents went to the parent–teacher conference. tree →
• Scientists from many countries met at the conference. tree →
• The prime minister held a press conference. tree →
• We had a video conference with a class in Canada. tree →
• The conference lasted three days. tree →
• The teacher is in a conference with the head. tree →
• My aunt gave a talk at a science conference. tree →
• Our team plays in the Western Conference. tree →
• When the battle was over, the conduct of the Bats was discussed at the peace conference. tree →

note

Countable. Spelling: conFERence (from «confer» = discuss), not «conferance». Stress: «KON-fer-ence».

In the corpora

• At the Berlin Conference of 1884 to 1885, European powers set rules for claiming African land, and no African rulers were invited.

Trees and pragmatics

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