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noun

video conference

n.

  1. 01 B1 Intermediate Computing

    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.

    video callvirtual meeting
    in person meeting

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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