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teleconference

American  
[tel-i-kon-fer-uhns, -fruhns] / ˈtɛl ɪˌkɒn fər əns, -frəns /

noun

  1. a business meeting, educational session, etc., conducted among participants in different locations via telecommunications equipment, as telephones, computers, or other devices.


verb (used without object)

teleconferenced, teleconferencing
  1. to participate in such a meeting or meetings.

teleconference British  
/ ˈtɛlɪˌkɒnfərəns /

noun

  1. a conference in which the participants communicate from different places via a telephone or video network

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of teleconference

First recorded in 1950–55; tele- 1 + conference

Example Sentences

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A task force audited companies in the three provinces and presented its findings to President Prabowo Subianto during a teleconference on Monday, State Secretariat Minister Prasetyo Hadi told reporters the day after.

From Barron's Jan. 20, 2026

In 2019, the city-state fined a Singaporean activist for holding an online forum several years prior that featured prominent activist Joshua Wong speaking in a teleconference call.

From BBC Sep. 29, 2025

"We worked our entire life," one panicked retiree declared at Huizenga's most recent town hall, held via teleconference.

From Salon Mar. 18, 2025

“I consider him a very important player for the future of this team,” Pochettino told reporters during a teleconference Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2024

NASA's engineers debated the computer problem in a cross-country teleconference.

From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus

Last Monday, 28 years after their last courtroom appearance, the brothers teleconferenced into a hearing from prison, during which their aunt pleaded for their release.

From BBC Nov. 30, 2024

He teleconferenced in to a California media event.

From Seattle Times Aug. 17, 2021

The court will spend hours in teleconferenced hearings — with the world listening in — on three cases with potential landmark constitutional consequences.

From Washington Post May 11, 2020

Inside what they were calling “the Chelsea Manning room,” on the eve of Edward Snowden’s teleconferenced keynote from his forced asylum in Russia, Nowosielski began his speech with the words, “World, meet Alfreda Bikowsky.”

From Salon Sep. 11, 2018

He got Mrs. Vitale onto her feet, examined her, took her vital signs, called her daughter and teleconferenced with a doctor.

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2016

The long fight for Bakhmut is backed by consumer tech — messaging apps, teleconferencing services, cloud-synced mapping software and drones.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2023

But for me, it’s been an immense comfort to go into video chats knowing that a stuffy corporate teleconferencing utility that’s worth billions of dollars has inadvertently armed me with a superpower.

From Slate Oct. 25, 2022

It’s also a great teleconferencing device thanks to its far-field studio microphones and 5MP front-facing camera.

From The Verge Mar. 17, 2022

The FBI issued warnings about the threat of hijacked teleconferencing.

From Seattle Times Dec. 2, 2021

On one end was a massive wall-size screen and overhead there were cameras in the ceiling for teleconferencing.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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