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teleconference

teleconference

10 4.4
A meeting with people in different places using video or phone
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛlɪˌkɒnfərəns/
translation icon : teleconferencia
  • Since then, leaders have kept in contact with the LPM task force through monthly reports, questionnaires, and teleconferences.
  • hold a teleconference
  • participate in a teleconference
  • live teleconference

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Examples

  • The first national teleconference devoted to arts education issues takes place November 14, 7:30-9:30 p.m. EST.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Four faculty members were available to participate in the focus groups on campus; four participated through teleconference.

    Academic text (2014)
  • I have an important teleconference meeting that requires a great deal of privacy.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Somehow, we always figure out a teleconference schedule that works for everyone.

    Blog text (19)
  • Students can participate in a teleconference call with a local leader, politician, or historical figure.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Anyone who has listened to this teleconference is welcome to weigh in.

    Blog text (28)
  • The students participated in a teleconference with NASA's Johnson Space Center, and they held a glider design competition.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Following this recommendation, Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang used their teleconference room to connect in the first webinar session.

    Academic text (2015)
  • They held a teleconference to discuss the new company policies with employees in different cities.

  • During the teleconference, the team shared updates on their projects from various locations.

Synonyms

conference call
vsteleconference
62 3.0

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

can use video or phone links, not only telephone conversations
videoconferencing
vsteleconference
  • Texting
2 3.4

A way of having meetings with video and sound over the internet

includes meetings by video or phone rather than only internet video
telecon
vsteleconference
  • Jargon
4.9

A meeting held by phone or video link for people in different places

is the neutral formal term rather than the informal name

How Remote

virtual tour
  • Texting
3 3.1
to videoconference
  • Texting
3.5
teleconference
10 4.4
face to face
130 2.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

teleconference = conference (semi-transparent) = tele + confer + ence

The meaning is fairly clear as a remote conference, but the specific technological sense is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Teleconference combines the part tele-, meaning 'far', as in telephone and television, with conference, meaning 'meeting'. So a teleconference is a meeting with people who are far away, held by phone or video.