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conference room

conference room

92 2.0
A room in an office where people meet to discuss work
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒnfərəns ruːm/
translation icon : sala de reuniones
  • Each focus group was conducted in a conference room in a hospital setting.
  • meeting in a conference room
  • meet in a conference room
  • hotel conference room

We were in a kind of medium well lit conference room in a cool hotel.

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Examples

  • The meeting is scheduled for ten tomorrow morning in the conference room next to his office.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • We can meet in the conference room to talk business.

  • There is nothing that feels worse in the moment than being brought into a conference room and being let go.

  • Um... let me show you to the conference room.

  • The conference room should be big enough to set up shop in.

  • Intervention sessions took place in a conference room near the school office.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The ceremony took place in a handsome conference room at the Supreme Court.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Next, picture yourself sitting in a conference room with your mentor, one of the senior associates at the firm.

    Academic text (2018)
  • All parent implementation observations and feedback sessions were carried out in a conference room at the local elementary school.

    Academic text (2014)
  • We can meet in the conference room to discuss the new project.

Synonyms

boardroom
vsconference room
44 3.6

A room where a company's leaders meet to make important decisions

is used for general office meetings and group discussions
council chamber
vsconference room
4 4.1

A room where local officials meet to make decisions for a town or city

is for everyday office meetings rather than formal public sessions
clubroom
vsconference room
1 3.1

A room where club members meet for activities

is focused on business or professional meetings, not member activities
lecture room
vsconference room
1 3.0

A room in a college or university where a teacher speaks to many students

is centred on meetings and discussions, not classroom teaching

How Big

auditorium
96 3.7
conference room
92 2.0
boardroom
44 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

conference + room

The meaning 'a space for holding meetings' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'conference' (a planned meeting) with 'room' (a space). The noun-noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and even the extension to a virtual space is a clear metaphorical extension of 'room', so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Conference room comes from the simple idea of a conference, a formal meeting, held in a room where people sit around a table to talk and decide things, so it means 'a room for meetings'.