noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.

   "The four of us should have a teleconference next week."

2. 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. 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. 1
   To take part in a teleconference.

   "I teleconferenced with marketing and engineering."

Synonyms

All synonyms

teleconferencingtelephone conferencetelephone conferenceteleseminarteleseminarvideolink

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

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

Related phrases

phone calltelephone conference

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