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/ˌtɛlᵻˈkɒnf(ə)rəns/, /ˌtɛlᵻˈkɒnf(ə)rn̩s/, /ˈtɛlᵻˌkɒnf(ə)rəns/, /ˈtɛlᵻˌkɒnf(ə)rn̩s/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌkɑnf(ə)rəns/ A meeting or conference at which people in different locations participate by means of telecommunications technology, such as telephones or (in later use usually) videoconferencing equipment or software.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > telecommunication > conferencing > [noun] > conference
teleconference1929
telecon1945
videoconference1970
video teleconference1970
telemeeting1973
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > using telecommunication devices
teleconference1929
telecon1945
teleconferencing1963
video teleconference1970
1929 Times of India 27 June 14 A novel ‘tele-conference’, which promises to facilitate enormously the discussion of important matters by interested persons sitting comfortably in their own towns.
1949 Stars & Stripes 4 Mar. 2/7 Signal Service Battalion exchanged via teleconference this morning commemoration messages with Signal Corps personnel in Baltimore.
1973 Times 4 Oct. 35/5 The prospect of similar teleconference equipment in every main commercial or industrial building..is no longer a pipe dream.
1990 L. H. Tribe Abortion 178 NARAL held a nationwide teleconference with all its affiliates.
2008 Chicago Tribune 25 Jan. (Midwest Final ed.) iv. 2/3 Prank callers asked several Big East men's basketball coaches lewd questions when they crashed the league's weekly teleconference.
Derivatives
teleˈconferencing n. the action of holding or participating in a teleconference; the use of teleconferences.
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society > communication > telecommunication > conferencing > [noun]
conferencing1905
teleconferencing1963
videoconferencing1967
video teleconferencing1977
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > conferring or consulting > using telecommunication devices
teleconference1929
telecon1945
teleconferencing1963
video teleconference1970
1963 Res. Paper P-108 (Inst. Def. Anal., Res. & Engin. Support Div.) 1 To assess the feasibility of laboratory experimentation in a later project on teleconferencing.
1975 Financial Times 21 July 6/2 The psychological and travel-replacement aspects of teleconferencing were underlined in a paper by Quebec University.
1992 Bellcore News 10 Sept. 2/3 Bellcore's audio teleconferencing service offers employees a cost-effective alternative to business travel.
2001 NewsScan Daily (Electronic text) 22 Feb. Briefs would be filed online and evidence and testimony collected by streaming video, teleconferencing, and e-mail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
teleconferencev.
/ˌtɛlᵻˈkɒnf(ə)rəns/, /ˌtɛlᵻˈkɒnf(ə)rn̩s/, /ˈtɛlᵻˌkɒnf(ə)rəns/, /ˈtɛlᵻˌkɒnf(ə)rn̩s/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌkɑnf(ə)rəns/ intransitive. To take part in a meeting or conference whose participants are in different locations, by means of telecommunications technology; to participate in a teleconference.
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1975 C. E. Lathey & J. R. Bewick Sel. Abstr. Documents Energy Conservation through Telecommunications 40 [People in] two of the locations..can teleconference at any one time.
1995 T. Clancy & S. Pieczenik Op-Center xii. 52 He teleconferenced with everyone who had been in attendance.
2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 8 Aug. v. 1/3 Andrew [Corp.] now has 9,500 employees spread around the world. Teams from different locations teleconference frequently.
2012 Church Times 27 Apr. 17/2 We teleconference with 450 members of the General Synod simultaneously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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