英语词汇“confer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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If you gab, chat, and talk it up with someone, you have conversation, but if you're looking for input from each other as you talk, you confer, or consult, together. They had a family meeting to confer about a schedule for sharing the new laptop.

Many uses of the verb confer involve consulting with another person or as a group. Confer has a second use meaning "bestow," which means to award or hand over something. You can confer a medal on a winner or hero, or you can confer status through a promotion or assignment. Each year the teacher would confer the special honor of summer hamster-sitter on one responsible student.

WORD FAMILY

confer: conferee, conference, confering, conferment, conferral, conferred, conferring, confers+/conferee: conferees/conference: conferences/conferral: conferrals

USAGE EXAMPLES

Yet the conglomerates still enjoy some of the benefits that Park Chung-hee conferred on them more than four decades ago.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

The status of Hollywood royalty was almost automatically conferred upon them.

The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016)

But we coach one another through it, and eventually true greatness is conferred through lore — a holy alliance of time and talk.

Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016)

v present

The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

bestow

miter

confer a miter on (a bishop)

bless

confer prosperity or happiness on

graduate

confer an academic degree upon

award, present

give, especially as an honor or reward

v have a conference in order to talk something over

We conferred about a plan of action

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

confab, confabulate, consult

collogue

confer secretly

discuss, hash out, talk over

speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion

单词	confer
释义	confer (once / 79 pages) 1v 2v If you gab, chat, and talk it up with someone, you have conversation, but if you're looking for input from each other as you talk, you confer, or consult, together. They had a family meeting to confer about a schedule for sharing the new laptop. Many uses of the verb confer involve consulting with another person or as a group. Confer has a second use meaning "bestow," which means to award or hand over something. You can confer a medal on a winner or hero, or you can confer status through a promotion or assignment. Each year the teacher would confer the special honor of summer hamster-sitter on one responsible student. WORD FAMILY confer: conferee, conference, confering, conferment, conferral, conferred, conferring, confers+/conferee: conferees/conference: conferences/conferral: conferrals USAGE EXAMPLES Yet the conglomerates still enjoy some of the benefits that Park Chung-hee conferred on them more than four decades ago. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The status of Hollywood royalty was almost automatically conferred upon them. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) But we coach one another through it, and eventually true greatness is conferred through lore — a holy alliance of time and talk. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) 1 v present The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bestow miter confer a miter on (a bishop) bless confer prosperity or happiness on graduate confer an academic degree upon award, present give, especially as an honor or reward 2 v have a conference in order to talk something over We conferred about a plan of action Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper confab, confabulate, consult collogue confer secretly discuss, hash out, talk over speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion
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