Get to know Confer better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like confab or consult.
Confer in a sentence
Related words
Confer meaning
- To grant as a possession; to bestow.
- To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue.
- To compare.
Using Confer
- The main meaning on this page is: To grant as a possession; to bestow. | To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. | To compare.
- Useful related words include: confabulate, confab, consult, hash out.
- In the example corpus, confer often appears in combinations such as: to confer, not confer, confer the.
Context around Confer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confer
- In this selection, "confer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may, laws, roommates, upon, grace and protection stand out and add context to how "confer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include act would confer on them and and not confer timeless power. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confer" sits close to words such as activating, antwerp and asymmetric, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But medicine works in silos and menopause experts, surgeons, rarely confer. (11 words)
Chicago Board of Education members confer during a recent monthly meeting in Bronzeville. (13 words)
Moreover, unauthorized land allotments in such areas do not confer valid ownership rights. (13 words)
Inspector Barney Grimshaw rejected the application - under common land laws - saying that “overall, the proposed works would not maintain or improve the common, would not be temporary and would not confer wider public benefit. (34 words)
Along with the checkmarks, which are intended to confer legitimacy, X promises a variety of perks for premium accounts, including the ability to post longer text and videos and greater visibility for some posts. (34 words)
Torsten Ove, left, of the Pittsburgh Union Progress and Adam Reinherz of the PIttsburgh Jewish Chronicle confer on the first day of jury selection for the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial, April 24, 2023. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
However, he also stated that baptism, while it does not confer any grace when done outside the Church, does confer grace as soon as one is received into the Catholic Church.
And vaccinations, which Mr. DeSantis suddenly began recommending again in late July, took weeks to confer protection.
Canceling the primary would confer the sole power to nominate Republican candidates to the caucus-assembly process.
Common sense dictates that emergency powers should be limited to real emergencies and not confer timeless power.
In other words, the use of “free” online services may confer upon the users of online services the status of taxable person and may expose them to VAT compliance obligations.
Inspector Barney Grimshaw rejected the application - under common land laws - saying that “overall, the proposed works would not maintain or improve the common, would not be temporary and would not confer wider public benefit.
In the courtroom, he’ll lean in occasionally to confer with counsel and follow along with a live transcript of the proceedings on a screen in front of him.
Such laws confer almost automatic citizenship to people who were born in, come from, live in, have lived in or resided in a country for a given period of time.
The roommates confer with him as Anthony within the messages, matching experiences that Santos was beforehand utilizing the title Anthony Devolder.
Torsten Ove, left, of the Pittsburgh Union Progress and Adam Reinherz of the PIttsburgh Jewish Chronicle confer on the first day of jury selection for the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre trial, April 24, 2023.
Along with the checkmarks, which are intended to confer legitimacy, X promises a variety of perks for premium accounts, including the ability to post longer text and videos and greater visibility for some posts.
But medicine works in silos and menopause experts, surgeons, rarely confer.
Chicago Board of Education members confer during a recent monthly meeting in Bronzeville.
He said that the university senate and council are expected to confer the honorary doctorate degree based on its laid down rules and regulations.
In ‘Dobbs’, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the landmark 1973 ruling in ‘Roe v. Wade’, and held that the US Constitution does not confer the right to abortion.
It is one of the several infrastructure projects to be undertaken in the large urban settlement on which the government wants to confer parish status.
It is the genuine belief of the devotees that such an act would confer on them spiritual benefit, the court observed.
It’s learnt that the President is likely to visit Advani’s residence to confer the award since he is physically incapacitated due to his age.
Moreover, unauthorized land allotments in such areas do not confer valid ownership rights.
Subsequently, during the Good Governance administration, we deliberated with President Maithripala Sirisena and decided to confer upon him the prestigious title of Field Marshal, which he deemed worthy and accepted.
Common combinations with confer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to confer 59×
- not confer 21×
- confer the 19×
- confer with 15×
- confer on 9×
- may confer 6×
- confer upon 6×
- confer an 6×
- would confer 5×
- confer any 4×