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- pronunciation:
- k
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fuhr
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
confers, conferring, conferred |
| definition: |
to award or bestow.
For this act of courage, the president conferred the Medal of Honor upon him.- synonyms:
- award, bestow
- antonyms:
- strip
- similar words:
- accord, give, grant, impart, present
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| related words: |
award, endow, gift |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to deliberate together; hold a discussion.
Members of the committee must confer before a decision can be made.It's a difficult question, so I'll need to confer with my colleagues.- synonyms:
- deliberate
- similar words:
- caucus, consult, huddle, meet, palaver, parley, powwow, talk
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| related words: |
bargain, congress, discourse, speak |
adverb + (v.)confer
automatically, explicitly, neither, thereby, thereof, urgently
(v.)confer
+ adverb
annually, briefly, clinically, frequently, merely, privately, quietly, regularly, silently
(v.)confer
+ noun
accolade,
advantage,
aide,
amendment,
antibiotic,
attorney,
authority,
autonomy,
baptism,
benefit,
blessing,
captain,
citizenship,
colleague,
commander,
consciousness,
credibility,
dignity,
distinction,
doctorate,
ence,
entitlement,
equality,
favor,
fitness,
general,
grace,
honor,
identity,
immortality,
immunity,
imprimatur,
jurisdiction,
label,
legitimacy,
mask,
meaning,
membership,
ordination,
ownership,
personhood,
power,
prestige,
privilege,
protection,
rank,
recognition,
resistance,
responsibility,
reward,
right,
risk,
self-knowledge,
session,
significance,
stamp,
status,
statute,
survival,
susceptibility,
title,
tolerance,
undergraduate,
unity,
virtue,
wisdom
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| derivation: |
conferment (n.) |
The word confer
contains the following parts:
con-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix con-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with c, d, f, g, j, n, s, t, and v. See com-. Note: con-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " conceive
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Example words:
conceive, concentrate, concentric, conclude, conclusion, condone, conduce, conducive, conduct, conductive, conduction, confer, conference, confidant, confide, confidence, confident, confine, confirm, conflict, confluence, conflux, conform, confuse, confusion, congener, congratulate, congregate, congress, conjecture, conjunct, conjunction, conjunctiva, connect, connote, conscript, conscription, consign, consonant, conspiracy, constant, constrain, construct, construction, contact, contain, container, context, continue, contract, conversant, convince, convict, conviction, convivial, convocation, convoke, inconceivable, inconsonant, inconspicuous, connotation, consequence, consequent
fer, lat2, -late
Latin
root
that means carry, bring
More about this word part:
Example words:
ablate, ablation, afferent, aquifer, collate, collation, confer, conference, conifer, correlate, defer1, differ, different, elate, elation, ferry, infer, offer, prefer, preference, preferable, prelate, proliferate, refer, relate, relation, relative, rotifer, suffer, transfer, translate, translation
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