Confer
verb
To give or grant someone a title, degree or benefit.
The university conferred a degree in literature upon the president.
Often appears as...
- confer a degree
- confer an honor
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Academic
verb
To discuss something important to make a decision.
The jury conferred for hours before reaching a verdict.
Often appears as...
- confer with
- confer about
verb
To give or add a quality to something.
Her diligence and hard work confer her with respect from her peers.
Often appears as...
- confer dignity
- confer prestige
verb
To give or grant someone a title, degree or benefit.
The university conferred a degree in literature upon the president.
Often appears as...
- confer a degree
- confer an honor
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To discuss something important to make a decision.
The jury conferred for hours before reaching a verdict.
Often appears as...
- confer with
- confer about
verb
To give or add a quality to something.
Her diligence and hard work confer her with respect from her peers.
Often appears as...
- confer dignity
- confer prestige
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Used when a formal honor or academic achievement is officially given.
The knighthood was conferred on the veteran by the Queen.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognition Implication
Often implies a recognition of merit or accomplishment.
After years of research, the scientist was conferred with a prestigious award.
Pro Tip 3/3Passive Construction
Commonly used in a passive form, especially in formal announcements.
Degrees were conferred upon the graduates during the ceremony.
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Used when a formal honor or academic achievement is officially given.
The knighthood was conferred on the veteran by the Queen.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognition Implication
Often implies a recognition of merit or accomplishment.
After years of research, the scientist was conferred with a prestigious award.
Pro Tip 3/3Passive Construction
Commonly used in a passive form, especially in formal announcements.
Degrees were conferred upon the graduates during the ceremony.
Pro Tip 1/3Ceremonial Context
Used when a formal honor or academic achievement is officially given.
The knighthood was conferred on the veteran by the Queen.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognition Implication
Often implies a recognition of merit or accomplishment.
After years of research, the scientist was conferred with a prestigious award.
Pro Tip 3/3Passive Construction
Commonly used in a passive form, especially in formal announcements.
Degrees were conferred upon the graduates during the ceremony.
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The past, present and...
The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease. And because such mutations often confer immunities to multiple pathogens that work in similar ways,
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Jody Williams: A...
You ask her where she lives -- where does she live in exile? She says the airports of the world. She is traveling because she was out of the country at the time of the elections. And instead of going home, she conferred with all the other women that she works with,
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A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
Before I tell you why it isn't, I'm going to go a little bit into what I'm calling step two. Just suppose, as I said, that we do acquire -- let's say we do it today for the sake of argument -- the ability to confer 30 extra years of healthy life
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David Deutsch: A new way...
because they share half our genes, but not how gene percentages confer rights -- wizard. When someone announces that the nature-nurture debate has been settled because there's evidence that a given percentage of our political opinions
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Stunning Moonlight...
special wildness through any landscape like snow fall mist or fog it confers a great strangeness on a place and it's happened here this evening it's been absolutely magical to be out here the Sun set nuclear behind the bread world
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It's time to question...
our dna chain and so we need to ask ourselves some questions for the first time in the history of this planet we are able to directly design organisms we can manipulate the plasms of life with unprecedented power and it confers
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How the worst moments in...
I understood her to be saying that concessions confer only a little humanity where full humanity is due; that crumbs are not the same as a place at the table. Which is to say, you can forge meaning and build identity
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Kelli Swazey: Life that...
to the ideal of a long life. They engage in many practices thought to confer good health and survival to an advanced age. But they don't put much stock in efforts to prolong life in the face of debilitating illness
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Sarah Lewis: Embrace the...
if you can't do it again and again. Mastery is not just the same as excellence, though. It's not the same as success, which I see as an event, a moment in time, and a label that the world confers upon you.
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
history to fly an airplane across the atlantic ocean as their spokesman i take pride and pleasure in conferring this the rarely bestowed medal of the national geographical society upon mrs
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The past, present and...
The sudden death of so many of the most frail and vulnerable people left behind a population with a significantly different gene pool, including genes that may have helped survivors resist the disease. And because such mutations often confer immunities to multiple pathogens that work in similar ways,
Video examples
Jody Williams: A...
You ask her where she lives -- where does she live in exile? She says the airports of the world. She is traveling because she was out of the country at the time of the elections. And instead of going home, she conferred with all the other women that she works with,
Video examples
A roadmap to end aging PIPE...
Before I tell you why it isn't, I'm going to go a little bit into what I'm calling step two. Just suppose, as I said, that we do acquire -- let's say we do it today for the sake of argument -- the ability to confer 30 extra years of healthy life
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David Deutsch: A new way...
because they share half our genes, but not how gene percentages confer rights -- wizard. When someone announces that the nature-nurture debate has been settled because there's evidence that a given percentage of our political opinions
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Stunning Moonlight...
special wildness through any landscape like snow fall mist or fog it confers a great strangeness on a place and it's happened here this evening it's been absolutely magical to be out here the Sun set nuclear behind the bread world
Video examples
It's time to question...
our dna chain and so we need to ask ourselves some questions for the first time in the history of this planet we are able to directly design organisms we can manipulate the plasms of life with unprecedented power and it confers
Video examples
How the worst moments in...
I understood her to be saying that concessions confer only a little humanity where full humanity is due; that crumbs are not the same as a place at the table. Which is to say, you can forge meaning and build identity
Video examples
Kelli Swazey: Life that...
to the ideal of a long life. They engage in many practices thought to confer good health and survival to an advanced age. But they don't put much stock in efforts to prolong life in the face of debilitating illness
Video examples
Sarah Lewis: Embrace the...
if you can't do it again and again. Mastery is not just the same as excellence, though. It's not the same as success, which I see as an event, a moment in time, and a label that the world confers upon you.
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part II:...
history to fly an airplane across the atlantic ocean as their spokesman i take pride and pleasure in conferring this the rarely bestowed medal of the national geographical society upon mrs
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Rachel Simmons
American Author
Happiness doesn't just happen. It must be pursued. And if the pursuit of the 'ultimate currency' of happiness helps us choose occupations that confer present and future benefit, and these choices, in turn, motivate us to succeed, this strikes me as perhaps the most powerful non-cognitive skill of all.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
To confer the gift of drawing, we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, a soul that feels; and in this task, the whole life must cooperate. In this sense, life itself is the only preparation for drawing. Once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest.
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Jim McGovern
American Politician
Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges, like the ability to enter into contracts, limited liability and perpetual life.
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Geronimo
Statesman
I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.
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Horace
Roman Poet
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French Lawyer
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.
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Peter Drucker
American Businessman
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Susan Sontag
American Author
To photograph is to confer importance.
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Rachel Simmons
American Author
Happiness doesn't just happen. It must be pursued. And if the pursuit of the 'ultimate currency' of happiness helps us choose occupations that confer present and future benefit, and these choices, in turn, motivate us to succeed, this strikes me as perhaps the most powerful non-cognitive skill of all.
Quote examples
Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
To confer the gift of drawing, we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, a soul that feels; and in this task, the whole life must cooperate. In this sense, life itself is the only preparation for drawing. Once we have lived, the inner spark of vision does the rest.
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Jim McGovern
American Politician
Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges, like the ability to enter into contracts, limited liability and perpetual life.
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Geronimo
Statesman
I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust.
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Horace
Roman Poet
You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French Lawyer
The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.
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Plato
Greek Philosopher
When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.
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Peter Drucker
American Businessman
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Susan Sontag
American Author
To photograph is to confer importance.
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