Conference vs Intraconference - What's the difference?
conference | intraconference |
The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.
* Shakespeare
(politics) A multilateral diplomatic negotiation.
(science) A formalized event where scientists present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means.
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.
(sports) A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis.
(obsolete) The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.
* Hooker
(Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.
A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are.
(education) To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.
* 2009 , Jennifer Berne, The Writing-Rich High School Classroom
(sports) Occurring within a single athletic conference, or between teams that belong to the same conference
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 30, author=Pete Thamel, title=Marquee Opener Is Not a Sign of Things to Come, work=New York Times
, passage=The best intraconference games involving Big East teams are South Florida at Auburn on Sept. 8, West Virginia at Maryland on Sept. 13, Louisville at Kentucky on Sept. 15 and Maryland at Rutgers on Sept. 29. }}
In sports terms the difference between conference and intraconference
is that conference is a group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis while intraconference is occurring within a single athletic conference, or between teams that belong to the same conference.As a noun conference
is the act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.As a verb conference
is to assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination.As an adjective intraconference is
occurring within a single athletic conference, or between teams that belong to the same conference.conference
English
Noun
(en noun)- Nor with such free and friendly conference / As he hath used of old.
- helps and furtherances which the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford
Derived terms
* conference table * news conference * press conference * conference roomSee also
* discussant, lecturer, parleyer, prelector, speaker. The Writing-Rich High School Classroom: Engaging Students in ...Verb
(conferenc)- The students who were conferenced on paper 1 will get a written response to paper 2, and those who received a written response to paper 1 will be conferenced on paper 2.
intraconference
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Adjective
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