teleconference
noun
- live exchange of information among several persons remote from one another
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləˌkɒnfəɹəns/
noun
Etymology: A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.
- A telephone conference, an arranged phone call between more than two parties.
“The four of us should have a teleconference next week.”
- More generally, the live exchange of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system, over telephone, video or other means.
verb
Etymology: A contraction of telephone conference. By surface analysis, tele- + conference.
- To take part in a teleconference.
“I teleconferenced with marketing and engineering.”
“Will demand be in the same form as pre-COVID? Some will argue that now people have learned to teleconference, the creative joy of home-based working won't be given up lightly. Newton developed his Laws while self-isolating from plague.”