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teleconference

/ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/

teleconference noun: a telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.

Noun

teleconference (plural teleconferences)

  1. A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
    • The four of us should have a teleconference next week.
    Synonyms:
    conference call
  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

teleconference (third-person singular simple present teleconferences, present participle teleconferencing, simple past and past participle teleconferenced)

  1. To take part in a teleconference.
    • I teleconferenced with marketing and engineering.
    • Will demand be in the same form as pre-COVID? Some will argue that now people have learned to teleconference, the creative joy of home-based working won't be given up lightly. Newton developed his Laws while self-isolating from plague.2020 May 6, Prof. Andrew McNaughton, “Time to challenge some sacred philosophies of recent years”, in Rail, page 32

teleconference meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

teleconference in Tamil

தொலையாடல், தொலைக்கூட்டம், தொலைநிலைக் கல்வி பயிற்சி

teleconference in Bengali

টেলিফোন সম্মেলন, সাধারণভাবে, ভিডিও, অন্যান্য মাধ্যমে সম্পন্ন হয়, এ অংশগ্রহণ করা

teleconference in Indonesian

conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
telekonferensi, telewicara

Synonyms of teleconference

Forms of teleconference

Noun
pluralteleconferences
Verb
third-person singular presentteleconferences
present participleteleconferencing
past participleteleconferenced
pastteleconferenced

Origin of teleconference

A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.

Questions about teleconference

What does teleconference mean?
Teleconference means a telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
What is teleconference in Tamil?
Teleconference in Tamil is தொலையாடல், தொலைக்கூட்டம், தொலைநிலைக் கல்வி பயிற்சி. See Teleconference meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is teleconference?
Teleconference can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce teleconference?
Teleconference is pronounced /ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/.
What is the plural of teleconference?
The plural of teleconference is teleconferences.

Words near teleconference in the dictionary

  1. telecomputers
  2. telecomputing
  3. telecoms
  4. telecon
  5. teleconf
  6. teleconference
  7. teleconferenced
  8. teleconferencer
  9. teleconferencers
  10. teleconferences
  11. teleconferencing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teleconference (page history and authors); teleconference (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); teleconference (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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