What does "teleconference" mean?

A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.

How do you pronounce "teleconference"?

Pronounced //ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns//.

Common synonyms include: communication platform, confer, conference, conference call, conference infrastructure, conferencing.

/ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/ noun, verb

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Noun

1
A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
"The four of us should have a teleconference next week."
2
a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television wordnet
3
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.
"I teleconferenced with marketing and engineering."

"We can let both teams meet each other via teleconference."

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