If you have some troubles, I recommend you confer with him.
Source: tatoeba (25043)
Confer
//kənˈfʌɹ//
Synonyms for "confer" (152 found)
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Strong matches (45)
Related words (76)
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5 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
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11 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَآمَرَ verb (to discuss, consult)
Bulgarian
4 entries- беседвам verb (to discuss, consult)
- давам титла verb (to bestow)
- дада титла verb (to bestow)
- обсъдя verb (to discuss, consult)
Catalan
1 entries- conferir verb (to bestow)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 協商 /协商 verb (to discuss, consult)
- 商談 /商谈 verb (to discuss, consult)
- 授予 verb (to bestow)
- 頒授 /颁授 verb (to bestow)
Czech
4 entries- hovořit verb (to discuss, consult)
- jednat verb (to discuss, consult)
- propůjčit verb (to bestow)
- radit se verb (to discuss, consult)
Dutch
4 entries- bijdragen verb ((obsolete) to contribute, conduce)
- consulteren verb (to discuss, consult)
- overleggen verb (to discuss, consult)
- schenken verb (to bestow)
Finnish
3 entries- antaa verb (to bestow)
- myöntää verb (to bestow)
- neuvotella verb (to discuss, consult)
French
3 entries- accorder verb (to bestow)
- conférer verb (to bestow)
- décerner verb (to bestow)
German
4 entries- beraten verb (to discuss, consult)
- besprechen verb (to discuss, consult)
- erteilen verb (to bestow)
- konferieren verb (to discuss, consult)
Hungarian
4 entries- adományoz verb (to bestow)
- eszmecserét folytat verb (to discuss, consult)
- felruház verb (to bestow)
- ruház verb (to bestow)
Ido
2 entries- grantar verb (to bestow)
- konferar verb (to discuss, consult)
Italian
1 entries- conferire verb (to discuss, consult)
Kazakh
1 entries- марапаттау verb (to bestow)
Māori
4 entries- kōrerorero verb (to discuss, consult)
- matapaki verb (to discuss, consult)
- whakawhitiwhiti kōrero verb (to discuss, consult)
- whakawhiwhi verb (to bestow)
Polish
1 entries- wiecować verb (to discuss, consult)
Portuguese
2 entries- conferir verb (to bestow)
- conferir verb (to discuss, consult)
Romanian
1 entries- conferi verb (to discuss, consult)
Russian
4 entries- вечева́ть verb (to discuss, consult)
- наделя́ть verb (to bestow)
- обгова́ривать verb (to discuss, consult)
- обсужда́ть verb (to discuss, consult)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- véćati verb (to discuss, consult)
Spanish
4 entries- conferir verb (to bestow)
- conferir verb (to discuss, consult)
- consultar verb (to discuss, consult)
- debatir verb (to discuss, consult)
Swedish
3 entries- konferera verb (to discuss, consult)
- rådlägga verb (to discuss, consult)
- tilldela verb (to bestow)
Unami
1 entries- achimulsi verb (to discuss, consult)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I must confer with my colleagues on the matter.
Source: tatoeba (47268)
You should confer with your attorney on this matter.
Source: tatoeba (70067)
Whenever I'm in trouble, I confer with him.
Source: tatoeba (257639)
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