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kənˈfɜrcon·fer

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. confer

    An individual considers, meditates, ponders, reflects, by himself; he weighs a matter in his own mind, and is sometimes said even to debate with himself. Consult and confer always imply two or more persons, as does debate, unless expressly limited as above. Confer suggests the interchange of counsel, advice, or information; consult indicates almost exclusively the receiving of it. A man confers with his associates about a new investment; he consults his physician about his health; he may confer with him on matters of general interest. He consults a dictionary, but does not confer with it. Deliberate, which can be applied to a single individual, is also the word for a great number, while consult is ordinarily limited to a few; a committee consults; an assembly deliberates. Deliberating always carries the idea of slowness; consulting is compatible with haste; we can speak of a hasty consultation, not of a hasty deliberation. Debate implies opposing views; deliberate, simply a gathering and balancing of all facts and reasons. We consider or deliberate with a view to action, while meditation may be quite purposeless.

    Synonyms:
    consider, consult, debate, deliberate, meditate, ponder, reflect, weigh

    Preposition:
    We deliberate on or upon, also about or concerning a matter: the first two are preferable.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 2 votes

  1. confer

    Synonyms:
    compare, collate, discuss, deliberate, converse, consult, give, present

    Antonyms:
    dissociate, contrast, hazard, conjecture, withhold, withdraw

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. confer, confabulate, confab, consultverb

    have a conference in order to talk something over

    "We conferred about a plan of action"

    Synonyms:
    confab, natter, chat, chew the fat, jaw, chatter, chit-chat, shoot the breeze, visit, gossip, confabulate, refer, chitchat, consult, confer with, claver, bestow, look up, chaffer

  2. confer, bestowverb

    present

    "The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an honor on someone"

    Synonyms:
    bestow, consult, add, lend, confab, contribute, bring, confabulate, impart

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. conferverb

    Synonyms:
    converse, discourse, parley, advise, talk, hold a conference, talk together

  2. conferverb

    Synonyms:
    [Appropriately used when the gift is from a person of superior rank to another of lower rank.] bestow, give, grant, vouchsafe

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "confer":

    give, grant

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How to use confer in a sentence?

  1. Jennifer Gommerman:

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  2. John George Diefenbaker:

    I know I will make mistakes, but I hope it will be said of me when I give up the highest honour that you can confer on any man—He wasn't always right; sometimes he was on the wrong side, but never on the side of wrong.

  3. Paul Ryan:

    We shouldn’t confer Malaysia’s sins to these other countries that we’re trying to get agreements with.

  4. William Ellery Channing:

    The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

  5. Julius Lutwama:

    We have so many diseases which are related to Zika, they may confer some kind of immunity to the African body.


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