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con·fer·ence /'kän-frəns, -fə-rəns/ n

1: a meeting for consultation, deliberation, discussion, or interchange of opinions

a conference on environmental law see also judicial conference, pretrial conference

2: a meeting of members of the two branches of a legislature esp. to adjust differences in the provisions of a bill passed in different forms by the two branches; also: conference committee

3: caucus