conference center
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈkɒnfərəns ˈsɛntər/
- US
:
centro de conferencias
- The regional conference center is equipped with modern technology for seminars and workshops.
- a conference center hotel
- a conference center resort
- a conference center with meeting rooms
Examples
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Our conference hotel, Williamsburg Lodge, is a comprehensive conference center with a perfect balance of work, rest, and recreation.
Academic text (1995) -
I yawned and walked over to the conference center.
Fiction book (1997) -
For decades, they have met at hotels or conference centers near hotels in large cities.
Blog text (15) -
Walking into the Rio+20 conference center, it was as if the term "melting pot" had come to life for me.
Blog text (9) -
The first session of the Round Table convened on 7 December at the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Haus, the recently constructed Protestant conference center in East Berlin.
Academic text (1990) -
It's a late-October day in Amherst, and I'm sitting in an open, light room at an off-campus conference center.
Academic text (2006) -
During two days of the conference, 20 ophthalmologists were randomly approached in the main hall of the conference center to participate in a semi-structured interview.
Academic text (2007) -
On 1 November, the NEON Project Office hosted an RFI question-and-answer session at the American Society of Association Executives conference center in Washington, DC. More than 50 individuals registered for the event, participating either in person or via a live webcast.
Academic text (2006) -
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is converting the historic slaughterhouse on the Golden Horn (Hali) into a performing arts and conference center, and the Ayazaga Cultural Center, under construction since 1995, is set to be the biggest arts venue in Turkey by 2010.
Academic text (2009) -
Next year, our company will host its annual meeting at a new conference center in downtown.
Synonyms
237
3.5
A place where a public event or meeting happens, like a concert
17
1.3
A place where people come together to talk or do group activities
A building where people meet for conferences and meetings
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'conference' (a planned meeting) with 'center' (a place or building providing a specific service); a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer it denotes a place for hosting conferences. This noun+noun compounding is a regular, non-idiomatic pattern found across languages, so no special prior exposure is required.
Etymology
The compound conference center comes from the simple image of people gathering to conference, that is, to 'meet' and talk, in a center, the 'main place' for those meetings. So it means a building made for conferences and events.