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Conference

The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison.

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Discussion 76% connected

The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

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Meeting 76% connected

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Word 76% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Audience 76% connected

The act of hearing; attention to sounds.

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Colloquy 76% connected

Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

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Consultation 76% connected

The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Huddle 76% connected

To press together promiscuously, from confusion, apprehension, or the like; to crowd together confusedly; to press or hurry in disorder; to crowd.

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Interview 76% connected

A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interv…

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Powwow 76% connected

To use conjuration, with noise and confusion, for the cure of disease, etc., as among the North American Indians.

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Session 76% connected

The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

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Symposium 76% connected

A drinking together; a merry feast.

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Confab 74% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

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Confab 74% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

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League 74% connected

A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land m…

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League 74% connected

A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land m…

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Conferee 70% connected

One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.

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League 92% connected

A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land m…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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