confer

Academic Word List, sublist 4.

About 2.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To grant as a possession; to bestow. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.

2. verb To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue.

   They were in a huddle, conferring about something.

3. verb To compare.
4. verb To bring together; to collect, gather.
5. verb To contribute; to conduce.

Similar words

consult see confab confabulate bestow cf see also entitle afford grant

Often followed by

with on upon a the any an it jurisdiction

Word family

conference conferences conferment conferments conferrable conferral conferrals conferred conferrer conferrers