to conduct (hold) a conference (a meeting)

  • 1meeting — /mee ting/, n. 1. the act of coming together: a chance meeting in the park. 2. an assembly or conference of persons for a specific purpose: a ten o clock business meeting. 3. the body of persons present at an assembly or conference: to read a… …

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  • 2hold a meeting — conduct an conference, call an assembly, convene a session, preside over a meeting …

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  • 3Conference for Progressive Political Action — The Conference for Progressive Political Action was officially established by the convention call of the 16 major railway labor unions in the United States, represented by a committee of six: William H. Johnston of the Machinists Union, Martin F …

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  • 4meeting — noun 1 when people come together to discuss/decide sth ADJECTIVE ▪ frequent, regular ▪ annual, biannual, biennial, daily, monthly, quarterly, weekly …

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  • 5General conference (Latter Day Saints) — In the Latter Day Saint movement, a general conference is a meeting for all members of the church for conducting general church business and instruction. The first general conference of the newly formed Church of Christ was held on June 9, 1830,… …

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  • 6Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief — The Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief was drawn up in 1992 by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response to set ethical standards for organizations involved in humanitarian… …

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  • 7All India Muhammadan Educational Conference — The All India Muhammadan Educational Conference, at Dhaka (1906), which led to the foundation of Muslim League, on December 30, 1906. The All India Muhammadan Educational Conference was an organisation promoting modern, liberal education for the… …

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  • 8Southeastern Conference — Infobox Athletic Conference name = Southeastern Conference short name = SEC established = 1933 logo size = 172 association = NCAA division = Division I subdivision = FBS members = 12 sports = 17 mens = 8 womens = 9 region = Southern United States …

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  • 9japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …

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  • 10Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …

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