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- pronunciation:
- kan
f
 r
ns
[or]
kan
frns
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an organized meeting of persons with common interests, esp. professional interests, for the purpose of sharing information and opinions.
- synonyms:
- meeting
- similar words:
- caucus, consultation, convention, forum, powwow, proceeding, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, workshop
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| definition 2: |
a meeting to discuss a specific matter.
- synonyms:
- meeting
- similar words:
- consultation, powwow, proceeding, talk
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| definition 3: |
an organized grouping of athletic teams; association.
- synonyms:
- circuit, league
- similar words:
- association, division
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| related words: |
assembly, chapter, congress, converse, counsel, discussion, huddle |
adjective + (n.)conference
annual,
athletic,
consecutive,
eastern,
impromptu,
in-service,
international,
introductory,
joint,
judicial,
ministerial,
national,
packed,
preparatory,
regional,
scholarly,
southeastern,
southern,
southwestern,
televised,
upcoming,
western
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verb + (n.)conference
attend, bid, cancel, chair, convene, hold, host, organize
(n.)conference
+ verb
announce, schedule, sponsor
noun + (n.)conference
attendance, biennial, consensus, delegate, delegation, donor, educator, football, leadership, meeting, news, peace, post-game, press, prime-time, reconciliation, semifinals, southwest, summit
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The word conference
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
."
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
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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