con·fer·ence /?k?nf?r?ns, -fr?ns/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kon-fer-uhns, -fruhns] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, -enced, -enc·ing.
–noun
1. a meeting for consultation or discussion: a conference between a student and his adviser.
2. the act of conferring or consulting together; consultation, esp. on an important or serious matter.
3. Government. a meeting, as of various committees, to settle disagreements between the two branches of the legislature.
4. an association of athletic teams; league: an intercollegiate conference.
5. Ecclesiastical.
a. an official assembly of clergy or of clergy and laity, customary in many Christian denominations.
b. a group of churches whose representatives regularly meet in such an assembly.
–verb (used without object)
6. to hold or participate in a conference or series of conferences.
from dictionary.com. glad this has all been cleared up. thx