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How to pronounce “confer”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of confer with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- Maria Van Kerkhove: How to end the pandemic -- and prepare for the next
For example, some of these mutations can confer increased transmissibility.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
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How to pronounce confer
Maria Van Kerkhove: How to end the pandemic -- and prepare for the next
For example, some of these mutations can confer increased transmissibility.
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Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To grant as a possession; to bestow. [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive) To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) To compare. [16th–18th c.]
- (obsolete, transitive) To bring together; to collect, gather. [16th–17th c.]
- (obsolete) To contribute; to conduce. [16th–18th c.]
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