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teleconferencing

teleconferencing

1 3.9
A meeting held using video or phone links between people in different places
  • noun
  • /ˌtɛlɪˈkɒnfərənsɪŋ/
translation icon : teleconferencia
  • Officer-in-Charge Sgt. David Compton convenes the seventh of the day's pre-shift briefings, teleconferencing with the four area districts.
  • video teleconferencing

You know, it wasn't a teleconferencing call.

Examples

  • Processes can be redesigned to move fluidly through boundaries using simple tools like teleconferencing and document sharing.

    Blog text (3)
  • Kuramoto (1984) evaluated face-to-face, teleconferencing, and correspondence study, and concluded that all three were equally effective.

    Academic text (2001)
  • We have this remarkable teleconferencing equipment and we're presenting to the king himself.

  • Examiners may also be reached via special teleconferencing equipment on the premises.

    Blog text (20)
  • Such reviews still occurred in person when warranted, but increasingly via teleconferencing.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In the future, the researchers posit, business air travel will decline, phased out by video teleconferencing and high-speed passenger rail.

    Blog text (23)
  • Features include a whiteboard, video screen capture, chat, VoIP, integrated teleconferencing, and other neat functionality without requiring firewall reconfiguration.

    Blog text (25)
  • During the pandemic, many businesses relied on teleconferencing to hold meetings with remote employees.

  • She used teleconferencing to connect with colleagues in different countries for the international project.

  • The new platform supports teleconferencing, allowing participants to see and hear each other from home.

Synonyms

conference call
vsteleconferencing
62 3.0

A phone call where more than two people talk, usually for work

is broader and includes audio or video links not only telephone calls
teleconference
vsteleconferencing
10 4.4

A meeting with people in different places using video or phone

is focused on the technological use to hold conferences rather than the meeting itself
conferencing
vsteleconferencing
  • Texting
9 3.7

Holding meetings by audio or video with people in different places

is the use of telecom equipment specifically to hold such remote meetings

How Remote

virtual
  • Texting
163 4.4
webinar
  • Texting
16 3.9
teleconferencing
1 3.9
in-person
15 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

teleconferencing = teleconference (transparent) = tele + conference + ing

The noun is formed regularly from the verb 'teleconference' with -ing to denote the activity or process.

Etymology

Teleconferencing begins with tele- meaning 'far', as in telephone and television, and uses conference, a word for a 'meeting'. So, teleconferencing is a meeting that connects people who are far away.