conference house
- noun
:
casa de conferencias
- The university's conference house is equipped with state-of-the-art technology for international seminars.
Examples
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The annual summit was held at a newly built conference house on the outskirts of the city.
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Many corporations have their own conference house for internal meetings and workshops.
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The conference house is located downtown.
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Many companies rent a conference house for meetings.
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The university's conference house is equipped with state-of-the-art technology for international seminars.
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The annual summit was held at a newly built conference house on the outskirts of the city.
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Many corporations have their own conference house for internal meetings and workshops.
Synonyms
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1.0
A place where people go for a service or activity
314
1.0
A large space for public gatherings like concerts or feasts
237
3.5
A place where a public event or meeting happens, like a concert
136
3.5
A building where people meet for public events
92
2.0
A room in an office where people meet to discuss work
64
1.8
A building where local people meet for events, classes, and activities
17
1.3
A place where people come together to talk or do group activities
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2.8
A building with rooms for meetings, talks, and events
3
2.7
A large room in a school or community centre where people gather for meetings and events
2
3.2
A large room or building used for shows and displays
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3.2
A large indoor space for showing products or displays
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Morphology
The meaning 'a building for holding conferences' is directly and predictably composed from 'conference' (a planned meeting) + 'house' (a building), and English commonly uses 'house' in compounds to indicate a building for a specific function (e.g. 'opera house', 'coffee house'). This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would very likely infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Conference house is a simple picture: conference means a large meeting and house means a building. Think of a house full of people, chairs and talks, and that's why it means 'a building for meetings and conferences'.