Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teleconference

/ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: tele-con-fer-ence
IPA: /ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.

noun

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.

verb

To take part in a teleconference.

Example Sentences

"The four of us should have a teleconference next week."
"I teleconferenced with marketing and engineering."
"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."

Etymology

A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.

Inflected Forms

teleconferences (plural) teleconferences (present, singular) teleconferencing (participle, present) teleconferenced (participle, past) teleconferenced (past)

Frequently Paired Words

videoconference videoteleconference

Synonyms

conference call teleconferencing

Questions

How do you pronounce teleconference?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/.
What does teleconference mean?: A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
Where does teleconference come from?: A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.

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