conferring
Discussing to decide
Conferring is the act of discussing or consulting together, or of granting something formally.
People confer when they meet to exchange views: The lawyers spent an hour conferring before the trial.
To confer an honor, degree, or title is to bestow it officially: The university will be conferring degrees at commencement.
The word carries a sense of deliberation or ceremony.
Formally giving something
- awardingConferring an honor
- endowingGiving permanent provision
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
- givingTransferring to another
diploma · degree · certification · accreditation · honor · title · privilege · authority
Talking through a topic
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- debatingFormal argumentative discourse
- negotiatingDiscussing to reach agreement
- strategizingFormulating tactical approaches
caucusing · convening · counseling · collaborating · brainstorming · planning · mediating · evaluating
Professional guidance for problems
- guidingLeading toward destination
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- coachingGuiding others to improve
- recommendingSuggesting something worth trying
suggesting · directing · instructing · informing · enlightening · briefing · tutoring · consulting
bestowing
Formally giving something
- awardingConferring an honor
- endowingGiving permanent provision
- presentingDisplaying to an audience
giving · diploma · degree · certification · accreditation · honor · title · privilege · authority · permission
discussing
Talking through a topic
- consultingGiving expert advice professionally
- debatingFormal argumentative discourse
- negotiatingDiscussing to reach agreement
strategizing · caucusing · convening · counseling · collaborating · brainstorming · planning · mediating · evaluating · assessing
counseling
Professional guidance for problems
- guidingLeading toward destination
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- coachingGuiding others to improve
recommending · suggesting · directing · instructing · informing · enlightening · briefing · tutoring · consulting · feedback
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- talkingtalking, chatting, conversing, gabbing, jabbering
- distributingdistributing, dispensing, allocating, apportioning, doling out
- dialogingtalking, chatting, speaking, discussing, conversing
conferringrevoking
Officially canceling authorization
stripping · withdrawing · rescinding · taking away · dishonoring
conferringdictating
Speaking for recording
decreeing · commanding · imposing · proclaiming · mandating
conferringwithholding
Keeping from another
denying · refusing · depriving · dispossessing · seizing
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