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teleconference1 nounteleconference2 verb teleconferencetel‧e‧con‧fe‧rence1 /ˈteliˌkɒnfərəns $ -ˌkɑːn-/ noun [countable] - After all, that was the purpose of the press teleconference with production and talent.
- This week some 3000 doctors and nurses participate in what is described as an international video teleconference on the subject.
► meeting an occasion when people meet in order to discuss something: · a business meeting.· Mr Bell is in a meeting.· The committee will hold another meeting Wednesday. ► conference an organized event, especially one that continues for several days, at which a lot of people meet to discuss a particular subject and hear speeches about it: · Didn’t you give a talk at the conference last year?· a conference of women business leaders ► convention a large formal meeting of people who belong to a political party, or to an organization of people with the same interests: · the Democratic Party Convention· a convention for Star Trek fans ► rally a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support or protest about something: · There was a massive peace rally in London. ► summit a meeting between government leaders from important and powerful countries, to discuss important matters: · A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis.· next week’s economic summit ► caucus American English a local meeting of the members of a political party to choose people to represent them at a larger meeting, or to choose a candidate in an election: · Obama won the Iowa caucus in 2007. ► teleconference/video conference a business meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment: · The chairman held teleconferences with his senior managers. ► gathering/get-together a situation in which a group of people come together to meet, talk, and have drinks with each other, especially friends or family: · We held a small family get-together to celebrate her birthday.· She arranged social gatherings in Kettering for young people on Saturday evenings. ► date an arrangement to meet someone who you are having, or hoping to have, a romantic relationship with: · I think I might ask her out on a date. ► rendezvous a meeting where two people have arranged to meet at a particular time or place, often secretly: · She arranged a rendezvous with him in the hotel bar. ► tryst literary a secret meeting between people who are having a romantic relationship: · a good place for a moonlight tryst a discussion in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipmentteleconference1 nounteleconference2 verb teleconferenceteleconference2 verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEteleconference |
Present | I, you, we, they | teleconference | | he, she, it | teleconferences | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | teleconferenced | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have teleconferenced | | he, she, it | has teleconferenced | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had teleconferenced | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will teleconference | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have teleconferenced |
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Present | I | am teleconferencing | | he, she, it | is teleconferencing | | you, we, they | are teleconferencing | Past | I, he, she, it | was teleconferencing | | you, we, they | were teleconferencing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been teleconferencing | | he, she, it | has been teleconferencing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been teleconferencing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be teleconferencing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been teleconferencing |
to have a meeting in which people in different places talk to each other using telephones or video equipment—teleconferencing noun [uncountable] |