English Explanatory Dictionary

teleconference

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
  2. More generally, the live exchange of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system, over telephone, video or other means.
verb
  1. To take part in a teleconference.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/

Word forms

teleconference teleconferences teleconferencing teleconferenced

Etymology

A contraction of the English: telephone conference. Or, from the Greek tele- (distance) and conference.

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