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confer Verb

— If two or more people confer, they find out each other's opinion. The referees conferred before awarding the goal to Chelsea. We'd like a few days to confer with out coworkers before deciding. — If something is conferred on somebody, it is given to them, often officially. That contract confers power on the directors of the company to manage the company. The Red Cross Flag confers some amount of protection on those in care of the organisation. The University will be conferring the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws on Professor Gregory next February.

confer

— verb have a conference in order to talk something over We conferred about a plan of action — verb (= bestow) present The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated bestow an honor on someone

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Give, donate

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Simple sentences

My dear Watson, you would confer a great favour upon me by coming. And I think that your time will not be misspent, for there are points about the case which promise to make it an absolutely unique one.
I must confer with my colleagues on the matter.
You should confer with your attorney on this matter.

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Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universitatus Committeeatum E Pluribus Unum I hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of Th.
To confer, converse and otherwise hobnob with my brother wizards.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY AND DEPARTED IMMEDIATELY FOR THE NATION'S CAPITAL TO CONFER WITH THE PRESIDENT.
I shall confer with him on the safety and conduct of the expedition.
I do not ask favors, I confer them.
Did you confer with him?
Arrange for your world leaders to confer with us in the city of Washington.
Let all nations be represented in Washington to confer with us.
I will this time, I shall confer the Order of ham gold!
In conclusion, the Governor of our glorious state has vested in me the authority to confer upon you a commission as Honorary Colonel in the state militia.
Does the accused desire to confer with his advocate?
We will confer. Keep your places.
There will always be someone to rely on and confer with. Someone to share my joy with.
To confer with the Greek and Yugoslav governments in exile.
Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universitatus Committeeatum E Pluribus Unum I hereby confer upon you the honorary degree of Th.D.
The faculty should confer a doctorate of idiocy on me.
I have the honor to inform Your Eminence. that the Holy Father will confer the cardinal's biretta. at the semipublic consistory in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.
The accused has a right to confer with his lawyer.
Tell him that the Gestapo wants him to confer with Klink about the case, and that Klink will arrive shortly, and the Gestapo will supply Klink's replacement.
I'd like to confer with my client. - You got thirty seconds.
That is good, for believing what you do, we confer upon you a rare gift these days, a martyr's death.
Perhaps we could confer with the leadership on Earth.
Professor Topaze. I've been delegated to confer on you.. All too tardily..
Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Universitatus Committeeatum E Pluribus Unum I hereby confer upon you. -.the honorary degree of Th.D.
I shall confer with him on the safety and conduct of the expedition but immediate authority will rest with him.
She- - Your Honor, I'd like to confer with my client.
Just a moment. The accused has a right to confer with his lawyer.
I asked several times to confer with you, but I was never granted an audience.
We need to confer!
I confer upon him the Sheriff's star of the city of Austin with the hope that peace and justice may never again abandon this town.
I'd like to confer with my client.
For believing what you do, we confer upon you a rare gift these days - a martyr's death.
But it surprises me that you did not confer with your mother.
I would like to confer with you.

News and current affairs

That is most likely if genes from the crop confer a selective advantage on the recipient, an occurrence that is uncommon with gene-splicing, where most often the added gene places the recipient at a natural di sadvantage.
The European Commission also put forward a set of legislative proposals to establish the single supervisory mechanism and confer key supervisory tasks on the ECB.
With the seminaries politicized and their independence greatly reduced, the religious establishment is no longer in a position to confer political legitimacy on the regime.
Bentham accepts that it may be to the advantage of the community that the law should confer certain rights on people.
But asymmetries of information and attention do not confer a permanent advantage on the wielders of informal violence.
Such a process might well confer prestige on Putin.
With regard to the text of Alfred Nobel's will, which requires that a Nobel Laureate confer the greatest benefit on mankind, Einstein's introduction of the photon by far surpasses the theory of relativity!
America's commitment to free capital markets, the rule of law, and price stability confer credibility on the dollar as a store of value.
If adopted, this innovation would confer much greater political legitimacy on the Commission President, as well as greater independence from the Council of Ministers (i.e., the member states).
Any success will confer a new sense of dignity and status on China.
If one presidential candidate refuses to cooperate in this manner, that should confer an advantage on the candidate who is willing to disclose more fully the specifics of his plan.
But military dominance alone is unable to confer authority, as the Afghan quagmire reminds us every day.
And TPP will also confer special status on foreign investors, allowing them to sue for financial judgments against host-country regulations.
In its present form, this document recapitulates all kinds of rights which EU citizens already enjoy under existing laws; it is not intended to confer any new rights, and it cannot be enforced in the European Court of Justice.

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