conference

[ˈkɑːnfərəns]

Definition:
1. A prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda.
2. An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
3. A discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic.

Use 'conference' in a sentence:

1. It was a good-humoured conference.
2. I've been saddled with organizing the conference.
3. Fear of terrorist attack has turned the conference centre into a fortress.
4. After his election victory, the president held a morning-after news conference.
5. The conference opens at 12 noon on Saturday.
6. The Jordanian leader seemed amenable to attending a conference.
7. The meetings are always in the main conference room.
8. The conference was attended by delegates from 56 countries.
9. The conference will be held in Glasgow.
10. She is attending a three-day conference on AIDS education.
11. The conference spent days discussing the vexed question of border controls.
12. We got acquainted at the conference.
13. He made his comments at a news conference in Amsterdam.
14. Environmental groups plan to stage public protests during the conference.
15. He will be given a rough ride at the party conference.
16. Officials are laying the groundwork for a summit conference of world leaders.
17. The largest conference room could seat 5,000 people.
18. The conference chairman has set a deadline of noon tomorrow.
19. The strike was timed to coincide with the party conference.
20. The conference was hailed as a great success.
21. A family bereavement meant that he could not attend the conference.
22. All those invited to next week's peace conference have accepted.
23. The theme of the conference is renaissance Europe.
24. A team of British officials were sent as observers to the conference.
25. Really it's a workmanlike conference rather than a dramatic one.
26. They were pointedly absent from the news conference.
27. The conference was very well organized.
28. The conference might reconvene after its opening session.
29. There are daily conference calls with Washington.
30. The DOT is to publish the conference proceedings.
31. Are you presenting a paper at the conference?
32. Representatives from the country were included as observers at the conference.
33. The college is to invest$ 2 million in a new conference hall.
34. Further to our conversation of last Friday, I would like to book the conference centre for 26 June.
35. The conference merely pointed up divisions in the party.
36. We'll be able to assess the competition at the conference.
37. The conference is more or less over.
38. She suggested Paris as a good place for the conference.
39. Conferences are a good place to network.
40. Everyone at the conference had to wear a name tag.
41. They have tabled a motion for debate at the next Party Conference.
42. Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
43. Ministers from all four countries involved will meet at the conference table this week.
44. The minister faced a tough grilling at today's press conference.
45. The conference stimulated him to study the subject in more depth.
46. The President will be giving a press conference this afternoon.
47. I leave most of the organization of these conferences to my assistant.
48. The conference is a good place to share information and exchange ideas.
49. The national conference on democracy ended ambiguously.
50. The conference is going to be a lot of extra work.
51. He was a guest speaker at the conference.
52. She gave her reaction to his release at a press conference.