n. | 1. | The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford. | ||||||
2. | The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. | |||||||
3. | A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions. | |||||||
4. | A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them. | |||||||
5. | (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. | |||||||
6. | A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
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Noun | 1. | conference - a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) |
2. | ![]() Synonyms: league | |
3. | conference - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic Synonyms: group discussion |
CONFERENCE, practice, legislation. In practice, it is the meeting of the
parties or their attorneys in a cause, for the purpose of endeavoring to
settle the same.
2. In legislation, when the senate and house of representatives cannot
agree on a bill or resolution which it is desirable should be passed,
committees are appointed by the two bodies respectively, who are called
committees of conference, and whose duty it is, if possible, to -reconcile
the differences between them.
3. In the French law, this term is used to signify the similarity and
comparison between two laws, or two systems of law; as the Roman and the
common law. Encyclopedie, h.t.
4. In diplomacy, conferences are verbal explanations between ministers
of two nations at least, for the purpose of accelerating various
difficulties and delays, necessarily attending written communications.