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Added 9 October 2026

confer

/kənˈfɜː/ verb

Latin root: cōnferō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about confer at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Have a conference in order to talk something over.
We conferred about a plan of action
Present.
The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated

Origin

From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren, German konferieren, Danish konferere, Swedish konferera. Doublet of collate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

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