What does conferring mean?
Conferring means present participle and gerund of confer.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of confer.
His critics ask him if he expects to prevent the conferees in the Conference from talking to one another in the Metropolitan Club and from then coming to the Conference's open sessions merely to register the results of their secret conferrings.
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Conferring means present participle and gerund of confer.
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His critics ask him if he expects to prevent the conferees in the Conference from talking to one another in the Metropolitan Club and from then coming to the Conference's open sessions merely to register the results of their secret conferrings.
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