conference table
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈkɒnfərəns ˈteɪbəl/
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mesa de reuniones
- Wetherall drained his glass, set it back on the conference table, and glanced at his datacuff.
Neither power wants to fight Israel, so both prod Egypt toward the conference table.
- Neither power wants to fight Israel, so both prod Egypt toward the conference table.
- But I think they'd be very proud of the level of discourse and the thoughtfulness that goes around that conference table.
- And you know, we would just sit around my conference table mastermind and they were just great events.
Examples
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We were all sitting around a conference table, waiting for Stasselova.
Fiction book (1997) -
The entire staff of about 15 writers and editors gathered around a conference table, with Lal at the head, chain-smoking.
Academic text (2011) -
We go to the conference table with an open mind, do we not?
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I walked into the conference room and saw my boss and someone from HR sitting on the other side of the conference table.
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When I arrived, I found a T-shaped conference table in the center of a large room.
Fiction book (1996) -
The expanded group adjourned to the large conference table housed in one corner of Gamble's mammoth office.
Fiction book (1997) -
The managers gathered around the conference table to discuss the new project proposals.
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During the meeting, everyone focused on the agenda laid out on the conference table.
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She took a seat at the conference table before the big presentation began.
Synonyms
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4.4
A large table that council members sit around during meetings
A table where council or committee members sit during a meeting
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'conference' (a planned meeting) combined with 'table' (a flat piece of furniture) yields a table used for meetings. This noun–noun compound follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately inferable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase conference table is literally a table for a conference, a gathering where people come together to talk and make decisions. That's why it means 'a large table used for meetings'.