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komperensiya [kum.pi.rin.si.ya.] : conference (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: conferencia: conference ]

Derivatives of komperensiya


Glosses:
conference
n. (group)1. conferencea prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda).
~ group meeting, meetinga formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
~ symposiuma meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.
~ seminarany meeting for an exchange of ideas.
~ colloquiuman academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
~ potsdam conferencea conference held in Potsdam in the summer of 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill drew up plans for the administration of Germany and Poland after World War II ended.
~ yalta conferencea conference held in Yalta in February 1945 where Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill planned the final stages of World War II and agreed to the territorial division of Europe.
~ confereea member of a conference.
n. (group)2. conference, leaguean association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
~ associationa formal organization of people or groups of people.; "he joined the Modern Language Association"
~ big league, major league, majorsthe most important league in any sport (especially baseball).
~ bush league, minor league, minorsa league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball).
~ baseball leaguea league of baseball teams.
~ basketball leaguea league of basketball teams.
~ bowling leaguea league of bowling teams.
~ football leaguea league of football teams.
~ hockey leaguea league of hockey teams.
~ ivy leaguea league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige.
~ class, divisiona league ranked by quality.; "he played baseball in class D for two years"; "Princeton is in the NCAA Division 1-AA"
n. (communication)3. conference, group discussiona discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic.
~ give-and-take, discussion, wordan exchange of views on some topic.; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
~ bull sessionan informal discussion (usually among men).
~ colloquya conversation especially a formal one.
~ consultationa conference between two or more people to consider a particular question.; "frequent consultations with his lawyer"; "a consultation of several medical specialists"
~ consultation, interview, audiencea conference (usually with someone important).; "he had a consultation with the judge"; "he requested an audience with the king"
~ huddle, powwow(informal) a quick private conference.
~ news conference, press conferencea conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity.
~ pretrial, pretrial conference(law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases.
~ round-table conference, round table, roundtablea meeting of peers for discussion and exchange of views.; "a roundtable on the future of computing"
~ sessiona meeting for execution of a group's functions.; "it was the opening session of the legislature"
~ teach-inan extended session (as on a college campus) for lectures and discussion on an important and usually controversial issue.
~ teleconference, teleconferencinga conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television.