Word noun
video conference
n.
Definition
- 01 B1 Intermediate
a meeting held over the internet using video and sound.
a formal or informal meeting conducted via a videolink, typically involving multiple participants in separate geographic locations.
Simple“We have a video conference every Monday morning to discuss our weekly goals.”
In context“The international team scheduled a video conference to finalise the merger, ensuring that stakeholders from three different time zones could participate simultaneously.”
Synonymsvideo callvirtual meetingAntonymsin person meeting
Etymology
A compound formed from the Latin-derived video, meaning I see, and conference, from the Latin conferre, meaning to bring together.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Level B1 · Intermediate
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