Meanings
plural teleconferences
- A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
The four of us should have a teleconference next week.
Synonyms: conference call
- More generally, the live exchange of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system, over telephone, video or other means.
present singular third person teleconferences · participle present teleconferencing · participle past teleconferenced · past teleconferenced
- To take part in a teleconference.
I teleconferenced with marketing and engineering.
1 more example
Will demand be in the same form as pre-COVID? Some will argue that now people have learned to teleconference, the creative joy of home-based working won't be given up lightly. Newton developed his Laws while self-isolating from plague.
2020 May 6, Prof. Andrew McNaughton, “Time to challenge some sacred philosophies of recent years”, in Rail, page 32
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 電話會議 /电话会议
- 電話會議 /电话会议 (diànhuà huìyì)to take part in teleconference
Finnish etäkokous, olla puhelinkokouksessa
- etäkokousconference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
- olla puhelinkokouksessato take part in teleconference
- osallistua etäkokoukseento take part in teleconference
Greek τηλεσυνεδρίαση, τηλεδιάσκεψη
- τηλεσυνεδρίαση (tilesynedríasi)conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
- τηλεδιάσκεψη (tilediáskepsi)conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
Indonesian telekonferensi, telewicara
- telekonferensiconference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
- telewicaraconference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
Cite this entry
teleconference. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleconference
“teleconference.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teleconference. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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