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conference

noun
  1. A meeting for the exchange of views: colloquium, discussion, parley, seminar. Informal: powwow. Slang: rap session. See meet, words
  2. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster, troop. Informal: get-together. See collect
  3. A formal assemblage of the members of a group: assembly, congress, convention, convocation, meeting. See assemble
  4. An exchanging of views: discussion, ventilation. Slang: rap 3. See words
  5. An exchange of views in an attempt to reach a decision: consultation, counsel, deliberation, parley. See words
  6. A group of athletic teams that play each other: association, circuit, league, loop. See group
  7. The act of conferring, as of an honor: accordance, bestowal, bestowment, conferment, conferral, grant, presentation. See give

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