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confer

verb
 
🔊/kənˈfɜː(r)/
🔊/kənˈfɜːr/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they confer
🔊/kənˈfɜː(r)/
🔊/kənˈfɜːr/
he / she / it confers
🔊/kənˈfɜːz/
🔊/kənˈfɜːrz/
past simple conferred
🔊/kənˈfɜːd/
🔊/kənˈfɜːrd/
past participle conferred
🔊/kənˈfɜːd/
🔊/kənˈfɜːrd/
-ing form conferring
🔊/kənˈfɜːrɪŋ/
🔊/kənˈfɜːrɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [intransitive] confer (with somebody) (on/about something) to discuss something with somebody, in order to exchange opinions or get advice商讨；协商；交换意见
    • He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision.他想与他的同事先商议一下再作出决定。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc1
  2.  
    [transitive] confer something (on/upon somebody) to give somebody an award, a university degree or a particular honour or right授予，颁发（奖项、学位、荣誉或权利）
    • An honorary degree was conferred on him by Oxford University in 2019.牛津大学于 2009 年授予他荣誉学位。🔊🔊
    Topics Educationc1
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘bring together’, also in sense (1)): from Latin conferre, from con- ‘together’ + ferre ‘bring’.