confer
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
have a conference in order to talk something over
We conferred about a plan of action
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- chat derivation
- group discussion derivation
- consultation derivation
- consultation derivation
- conference derivation
- conferee derivation
Sense 2 verb
present
The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated
Types & categories
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | group discussion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consultation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consultation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conference |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | conferee |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hash out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | collogue |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bestowal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conferee |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | award |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | miter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bless |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | graduate |