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Synonyms

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

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Mitsotakis congratulated the British director in a teleconference on Monday on the success of the movie that has renewed internatational interest in Homer's ancient epic.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Both parties have been ordered to participate in a May 30 mediation teleconference to determine custody or visitation if the two fail to come up with a plan before then using online court tools.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

On 20 April after an international teleconference headed by the CAA, it was agreed that 2 milligrams of ash per cubic metre of air was an acceptable safe ash concentration.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025

The WHO said Chinese health officials on Thursday provided the data it requested during a teleconference.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2023

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 teleconferenced meetings were announced in news releases to the news media, who were able to call in and listen.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2020

On February 23rd, Xi teleconferenced with 170,000 local officials, describing the pandemic as the hardest public-health emergency to contain since the founding of the People's Republic.

From Salon ● May 3, 2020

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

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

With the “after call” option, you can have them automatically start up a Spotify playlist after you’ve wrapped up a teleconferencing call.

From The Verge ● May 18, 2022

More than two decades before companies like Skype helped make two-way video calls part of everyday life, Jenkins had improvised his own teleconferencing system and used it to make art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2022

The FBI issued warnings about the threat of hijacked teleconferencing.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021

Some of the Indian accounting firms even go about marketing themselves to American firms through teleconferencing and skip the travel.

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

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