Standard Lemma guide

teleconference

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/
  • CMU ARPABET: T EH2 L AH0 K AA1 N F R AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The four of us should have a teleconference next week.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conference call

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To take part in a teleconference.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I teleconferenced with marketing and engineering.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a conference of people who are in different locations that is made possible by the use of such telecommunications equipment as closed-circuit television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: teleconferencing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conference, group discussion

History

Etymology

A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: etäkokous — conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
  • Georgian: ტელეკონფერენცია (ṭeleḳonperencia) — conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
  • Greek: τηλεσυνεδρίαση (tilesynedríasi) — conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
  • Greek: τηλεδιάσκεψη (tilediáskepsi) — conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
  • Indonesian: telekonferensi — conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
  • Indonesian: telewicara — conference in which participants are connected over a telecom system
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電話會議 /电话会议 (diànhuà huìyì) — to take part in teleconference
  • Finnish: olla puhelinkokouksessa — to take part in teleconference
  • Finnish: osallistua etäkokoukseen — to take part in teleconference
  • Georgian: ტელეკონფერენციაში მონაწილეობა (ṭeleḳonperenciaši monac̣ileoba) — to take part in teleconference
  • Georgian: ტელეკონფერენციაში ჩართვა (ṭeleḳonperenciaši čartva) — to take part in teleconference