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Meaning of "conferment" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONFERMENT

kənˈfɜːmənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFERMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conferment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONFERMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of conferment in the English dictionary

The definition of conferment in the dictionary is the granting or bestowing.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONFERMENT

affirmant · agreement · averment · calmant · debarment · deferment · determent · disagreement · disbarment · disinterment · dormant · formant · garment · informant · interment · preferment · reinterment · sarment · Stormont · undergarment

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONFERMENT

confer · conferee · conference · conference call · conference centre · conference committee · Conference pear · conferencier · conferencing · conferential · conferrable · conferral · conferred · conferree · conferrence · conferrer · conferring · conferva · confervae · conferval

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONFERMENT

a visual impairment · accouterment · advertisement · betterment · bewilderment · decipherment · devourment · discolorment · discolourment · disempowerment · dismemberment · empowerment · endangerment · endearment · ferment · impairment · mental impairment · reckless endangerment · torment · visual impairment · wonderment

Synonyms and antonyms of conferment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «conferment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONFERMENT

Find out the translation of conferment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of conferment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conferment» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

授予
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

atribución
570 millions of speakers
en

English

conferment
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

प्रदानन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منح
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

присвоение
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

atribuição
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অর্পণ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

attribution
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Persidangan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Verleihung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

授与
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

수여
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Konferensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự phong
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வழங்கப்பட்டவற்றை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रदान
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

ödüllendirme
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

conferimento
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Przyznanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

привласнення
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Atribuirea
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απονομή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toekenning
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

promotions
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

conferment
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFERMENT»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conferment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFERMENT»

Discover the use of conferment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conferment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
See nouns as verbs. conferment; conferral. Dictionaries suggest that the latter is a needless variant and that it ought to be treated as such. But caselaw suggests otherwise: in denoting the act of conferring, conferral appears in hundreds of ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
2
The First Woman President of India Reinventing Leadership: ...
Speech by the President of India, Shrimati Pratibha Devisingh Patil, at the Valedictory Function of the 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention and Conferment of the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards, New Delhi, 9th January, 2010. [Online: ...
Sunaina Singh, 2013
3
Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge 2009
The posting of the list referred to in Regulation 5 shall constitute the conferment of the degree of B.Chir. upon each of the persons named in it. The names of the persons upon whom the degree has been conferred under this regulation shall be ...
University of Cambridge, 2009
4
Citizenship Policies in the New Europe
three procedures: conferment, acknowledgement and spousal acquisition. Finally , we also provide data on repatriation to Poland for the period 1997-2006. 4.4.2 Naturalisations: Conferment and two other procedures In 1992-2001, two ...
Rainer Bauböck, Bernhard Perchinig, Wiebke Sievers, 2009
5
Foundations of Maternal & Pediatric Nursing
DISEASE (CAUSAL AGENT) TRANSMISSION MODE AND COMMUNICABLE PERIOD CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND TREATMENT INCUBATION POTENTIAL AND IMMUNITY PERIOD COMPLICATIONS CONFERMENT Figure 8-9 ...
Lois White, Gena Duncan, Wendy Baumle, 2010
6
The Principle of Complementarity in International Criminal ...
After such conferment, the second stage would come into play when the State in question was still considering the forum conveniens for the case to be tried. During this interval, domestic courts as well as the international criminal court were to ...
Mohamed M. El Zeidy, 2008
7
International Law in the Netherlands: Vol. III
... for the Restoration of Legal Rights (Raad voor het Rechtsherstel Afdeling Rechtspraak) in a decision of 1955, according to which conferment of nationality after the transfer of a territory (HI casu the enforced cession of part of Czechoslovakia ...
H. F. van Panhuys, 1980
8
Jews and Other Germans: Civil Society, Religious Diversity, ...
166 Also in terms of social status, the circle of honorary citizens was tightly circumscribed. In this regard, the conferment of the distinction followed the logic of social closure. Only members of the bourgeois elite and the aristocracy were eligible.
Till van Rahden, 2008
9
MATLS & MEANING IN COMTEMP JAP ARCH: Tradition and Today
7 . 54 7 . 55 7 . 56 In order to display the beauty of the hinoki bark roof on the conferment building, I did my research.60 Suzuki elsewhere elaborated: For the conferment hall facing the Main Shrine I chose a hinoki [Japanese cypress] bark roof.
Dana Buntrock, 2013
10
Jesus, Patrons, and Benefactors: Roman Palestine and the ...
One benefaction that benefactors might bestow upon a subordinate was the conferment of a kingdom. This was seen in Augustus' granting of Herod authority over Palestine and the title of king (Ant. 15.109, 189-193; 14.280; War 1.226; 2.215).
Jonathan Marshall, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFERMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conferment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
CHIHURI STAMPS HIS AUTHORITY
Comm-Gen Chihuri was speaking at the conferment of ranks to 95 senior officers who were part of the 454 officers promoted by President ... «NewsdzeZimbabwe, Jul 15»
2
Heritage status eludes Bengaluru's oldest college
The conferment of the heritage status would have helped us, apart from the funds we were eligible to bag. We are yet to analyse how and why ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
NEPRA told to bring power produced in GB, AJK under its control
He said that every year recommendation for conferment of these awards were invited by the cabinet division from the provincial government ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
4
Ekweremadu harps on synergy between Ohanaeze, other regional …
Senator Ekweremadu spoke during his conferment with the title of “Onu-Nekwuru- Igbo” by the Enugu State Chapter of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo at ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»
5
How old is Beijing?
"There are a lot of different theories about the time of Yan's founding, or say conferment. But the most acceptable one is the year of 1045 B.C. ... «CRIENGLISH.com, Jul 15»
6
BIRTH OF 1MDB, 'DEATH' OF NAJIB RAZAK: Banks named, a/c nos …
A bill in the Terengganu state assembly to move for the conferment of authority to the Sultan, never came to life. Jho Low called on his college ... «Malaysia Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
Zivhu conferred with honorary doctorate
Speaking at the conferment yesterday, Philanthropy Institute of Zimbabwe (PIZ) chief facilitator Enrico Sibanda said the accolade was designed ... «NewsDay, Jul 15»
8
President Tony Tan conferred honorary doctorate at Nankai University
Speaking at the conferment ceremony, President Tan said Singapore was an early supporter of China's initiative to establish the Asian ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»
9
Supreme Court dismisses PNGRB plea on regulating gas tariffs
The bench said: “By no stretch of imagination, we can conceive that non-conferment of power on the board, in particular regard, is accidental. «Financial Express, Jul 15»
10
Nkrumah, Nkrumaism, Nkrumaists and Nkrumacracy. Part One
... and a blatant traitor...his imprisonment without trial, his declaration of one party state, his conferment of the power to overrule court judgments ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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