transcription, транскрипция: [ kənfɜ:(r) ]
( confers, conferring, conferred)
1.
When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer .
He conferred with Hill and the others in his office...
His doctors conferred by telephone and agreed that he must get away from his family for a time.
V-RECIP : V with n , pl-n V
2.
To confer something such as power or an honour on someone means to give it to them. ( FORMAL )
The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil’s 25 constituent states...
Never imagine that rank confers genuine authority.
VERB : V n on n , V n