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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 bestowed
Familiarity information: CONFEREE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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