conference call
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- noun
- /ˈkɒnfərəns kɔːl/
:
conferencia telefónica
- We had a productive conference call this morning to discuss our project updates.
- meetings and conference calls
- telephone conference call
- weekly conference call
What you had was party lines or, or or conference calls that could last for days.
- What you had was party lines or, or or conference calls that could last for days.
- We use a video conferencing call, a Zoom call.
- Hey Andrea, just about to go on a conference call.
- We called it and every week we'd have a conference call just to see what he's doing and so on and so forth, right.
- And all of a sudden you're, you're realizing that your job is to to be on conference calls and to be taking meetings, not actually making movies.
- So that they tell me during this conference call, just words.
- They're perfect for conference calls, if you do group calls or binging podcasts.
- Last night I had a a conference call zoom call with the pro Israel community at at Cornell.
Examples
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So, at 3:00, we have a conference call with the intake people in Mississippi.
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I have a conference call.
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So we got on a conference call, said, hey, are you going to sign this contract?
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And I have an early conference call with London.
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The board had an emergency conference call.
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My conference call was canceled.
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To answer your question, they have lots of meetings and conference calls and all kinds of things like that.
Academic text (1996) -
Most of our meetings were virtual, using conference calls and Google Docs to collaborate across the country.
Academic text (2011) -
The subject of co-authorship was addressed during the conference call; concerns were aired, and agreement was reached.
Academic text (1994) -
She's on a conference call, she's very busy.
Synonyms
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A time when someone phones another person
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A time when you talk to someone by telephone
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A time when you speak with someone by phone
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1.7
A talk between two or more people using a phone
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4.4
A meeting with people in different places using video or phone
A meeting held by phone or video link for people in different places
How Many People
- Texting
2
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10
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a telephone call involving more than two people' is directly and compositionally built from 'conference' (a planned meeting) + 'call' (telephone contact); a learner who knows both words can infer this combined sense. This compound follows straightforward English noun-noun composition and has clear parallels in many languages and business contexts, so it is immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Conference call comes from joining conference, meaning 'a meeting', and call, meaning 'a phone call'. Picture several people all on the same line taking part in a meeting by phone, so it means 'a telephone call in which more than two people take part'.