teleconference
See also: téléconférence
English
editEtymology
editA contraction of the English: telephone conference. Or, from the Greek tele- (distance) and conference.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editteleconference (plural teleconferences)
- A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
- The four of us should have a teleconference next week.
- More generally, the live exchange of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system, over telephone, video or other means.
Translations
edittelephone conference — see telephone conference
conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
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Verb
editteleconference (third-person singular simple present teleconferences, present participle teleconferencing, simple past and past participle teleconferenced)
- To take part in a teleconference.
- I teleconferenced with marketing and engineering.
- 2020 May 6, Prof. Andrew McNaughton, “Time to challenge some sacred philosophies of recent years”, in Rail, page 32:
- Will demand be in the same form as pre-COVID? Some will argue that now people have learned to teleconference, the creative joy of home-based working won't be given up lightly. Newton developed his Laws while self-isolating from plague.
Translations
editto take part in teleconference
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