confer

[ kuh n-fur ]

/ kənˈfɜr /

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verb (used without object), con·ferred, con·fer·ring.

to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.

verb (used with object), con·ferred, con·fer·ring.

to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.: to confer a degree on a graduate.

Obsolete. to compare.

Origin of confer

1400–50 for earlier sense “to summon”; 1520–30 for current senses; late Middle English conferen < Latin conferre to bring together, compare, consult with, equivalent to con- con- + ferre to carry, bear¹

synonym study for confer

1. See consult. 2. See give.

OTHER WORDS FROM confer

con·fer·ment, noun con·fer·ra·ble, adjective con·fer·rer, noun non·con·fer·ra·ble, adjective

pre·con·fer, verb (used without object), pre·con·ferred, pre·con·fer·ring. re·con·fer, verb, re·con·ferred, re·con·fer·ring. un·con·ferred, adjective well-con·ferred, adjective

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Various countries are conferring about how to solve that problem.

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Pinault, gray-flannelled and black-shoed, was conferring at the next-door table with an adviser, Philippe Segalot.

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It is only in modern times that the conferring of a degree follows upon a set written examination.

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I should be very sorry if you went to Miss Northwick with the idea that we were conferring a favor in any way.

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She hastened toward the two gentlemen, and smiled as if she were conferring a favor.

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When he sang he seemed to be inspired by the fact, to him patent, that he was conferring on mankind a boon inconceivably precious.

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We have sometimes seen them conferring together among themselves in a strange manner.

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British Dictionary definitions for conferring

confer

/ (kənˈfɜː) /

verb -fers, -ferring or -ferred

(tr; foll by on or upon) to grant or bestow (an honour, gift, etc)

(intr) to hold or take part in a conference or consult together

(tr) an obsolete word for compare

Derived forms of confer

conferment or conferral, noun conferrable, adjective conferrer, noun

Word Origin for confer

C16: from Latin conferre to gather together, compare, from com- together + ferre to bring

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confer

verb (used without object), con·ferred, con·fer·ring.

verb (used with object), con·ferred, con·fer·ring.

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confer

verb (used without object), con·ferred, con·fer·ring.

verb (used with object), con·ferred, con·fer·ring.

Origin of confer

synonym study for confer

OTHER WORDS FROM confer

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