conference call

American  

noun

1. a telephone call that interconnects three or more phones simultaneously.

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conference call British  

noun

1. a special telephone facility by which three or more people using conventional or cellular phones can be linked up to speak to one another

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Etymology

Origin of conference call

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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conference call

For instance, in one entry from February 2020 discussing a conference call between Covid scientists, Fauci says the doctors did not have "total agreement" about where the virus came from.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

“He’s obviously a first baseman, and I’m on the left side, so defensively a little different,” Lowrance said of Freeman during a conference call with media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

As Regan later said on a conference call, they would “get paid and then get paid some more.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on the conference call that this decline was due to a drop in sales of the Quest headset, “which were partially offset by continued strong growth in AI glasses revenue.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

So then the next morning I get on the conference call and the thing opened at $71.

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

Related Words

• teleconference