Look up: conference

1. conference
   [Noun] A meeting for formal discussions.
   Example: Alex went to a medical conference.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
2. conference
   [n] - a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) 2. [n] - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
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3. conference
   Participatory meeting designed for discussion,fact-finding,problem solving and consultation.As compared with a congress,a conference is normally smaller in scale and more select in character-features which tend to facilitate the exchange of information.The term 'conference' carries no special connot...
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4. Conference
   Con'fer·ence noun [ French conférence . See Confer .] 1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. [ Obsolete] « Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections a...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/132
   
   
5. conference
   group discussion noun a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic
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6. conference
   noun a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda)
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7. Conference
   • (n.) The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. • (n.) A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them. • (n.) A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the di...
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8. Conference
   (from the article `pear`) ...known in America as Bartlett. In the United States and Canada, varieties such as Beurre Bosc, Beurre d`Anjou, and Winter Nelis are grown. A highly ...
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9. Conference
   Conference is a cultivated variety of potato.
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10. CONFERENCE
    An affiliation of shipowners operating over the same route(s) who agree to charge uniform rates and other terms of carriage. A conference is "closed" if one can enter only by the consent of existing members of the conference. It is "open" if anyone can enter by meeting certain technical and financia...
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