confer

Speech parts

1. confer - Verb

2. Confer - Proper noun

Meaning

To bring together for comparison; to compare.

To grant as a possession; to bestow.

To contribute; to conduce.

To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

converse consult bestow award present give debate talk grant discuss communicate negotiate discourse deliberate accord
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Antonyms

taking answer ban steal disagree deprive
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Hypernyms

award present discuss talk over hash out

Hyponyms

graduate bless miter collogue

Related terms

conference collation collate CF cf.

Phrases with the word

confer about confer the possibility confer a right confer on confer a favor confer a favour

Derivatives

conferred conferring

Examples

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. Bertrand Russell

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. Peter Drucker

I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned. Gerald Ford

I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world. W. Somerset Maugham

The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. William Ellery Channing

If you have no one else, then confer with your knee. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

confederative confederator confelicity confer a favor confer a favour confer a right