confer
verb (used without object)
to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
is conferring
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present progressiveof confer (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Usually if you have something come out and really start to spread internationally, and grow and take over, there’s some pretty apparent change that is conferring that kind of advantage to it.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024
Unified schools chief said he is conferring with medical experts and expects an announcement soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
The company already is conferring with the Coast Guard to prevent pleasure boats from swarming the area like they did for the first SpaceX crew’s splashdown in August.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2021
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, far behind in the delegate count, is conferring with advisers to “assess the path forward.”
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2020
In the first case on the long slab, figured by M. Herman Strebel as No. 11, a chieftain in a recumbent position is conferring with a personage masked as a deer.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Zelia Nuttall
