Conference | Mean of conference in English Dictionary

/ˈkɑːnfərəns/

• Noun
• a formal meeting in which many people gather in order to talk about ideas or problems related to a particular topic (such as medicine or business) usually for several days
1. The organization held/hosted its annual conference in New York this year.
2. national conferences on women's health
3. an international peace conference [=a meeting in which leaders of many countries talk about peace]
4. a conference of foreign ministers
5. a conference center [=a large building where conferences are held]
• a formal meeting in which a small number of people talk about something
1. Our boss called a conference to discuss the new changes.
2. He spent an hour in conference with the president.
3. a conference room/table
• a group of sports teams that play against each other and that are part of a larger league of teams
1. a football conference
2. the champions of the American Football Conference
3. the conference champions/championship