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CONFEREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conferee mean? 

CONFEREE (noun)
  The noun CONFEREE has 2 senses:

1. a person on whom something is bestowedplay

2. a member of a conferenceplay

  Familiarity information: CONFEREE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONFEREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person on whom something is bestowed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

six honorary were conferred; the conferees were...

Hypernyms ("conferee" is a kind of...):

receiver; recipient (a person who receives something)

Derivation:

confer (present)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a conference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("conferee" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Holonyms ("conferee" is a member of...):

conference (a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda))

Derivation:

confer (have a conference in order to talk something over)


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