On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Conferred. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as bestowed or presented and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Conferred meaning
simple past and past participle of confer
Using Conferred
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of confer
- Useful related words include: bestowed, presented, given.
- In the example corpus, conferred often appears in combinations such as: conferred with, conferred on, was conferred.
Context around Conferred
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Conferred
- In this selection, "conferred" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, honour, tuesday, title, reasonable, regularly and distinguished stand out and add context to how "conferred" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 18 are conferred only by and a title conferred by the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "conferred" sits close to words such as ambush, buckets and comey, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with conferred
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in 2015. (9 words)
I congratulate Gita Press, Gorakhpur on being conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021. (13 words)
In total over 18,000 people will been conferred with Irish citizenship this year. (14 words)
A statement from the then Ministry of the Presidency then had stated that the long-standing lawyer was conferred with the title because of his high-quality service to the legal profession and knowledge of the law. (37 words)
England and Wales are divided into Districts, which administer the Rose Croix Chapters within their District; many degrees are conferred in name only, and degrees beyond the 18° are conferred only by the Supreme Council itself. (36 words)
Prince Edward will remain Earl of Forfar - a title conferred by the Queen on his 55th birthday in addition to his Earl of Wessex title, given on the day of his 1999 wedding. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
England and Wales are divided into Districts, which administer the Rose Croix Chapters within their District; many degrees are conferred in name only, and degrees beyond the 18° are conferred only by the Supreme Council itself.
A statement from the then Ministry of the Presidency then had stated that the long-standing lawyer was conferred with the title because of his high-quality service to the legal profession and knowledge of the law.
At the time, royal experts said Meghan's comments appeared to be based on a misunderstanding of the way royal titles are conferred.
Diplomas were conferred on 39 Penn State Wilkes-Barre graduates in a number of disciplines by the school’s chief academic officer and chancellor, Dr. Lynda Goldstein.
Dubey also alleged that the Congress got Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases registered against Yadav while the BJP got the cases dropped and conferred him with the Padma Vibhushan.
Firstly, the ATA has conferred an irrationally large amount of powers to the executive president.
He was conferred with the Padma Bhushan in 2015.
I congratulate Gita Press, Gorakhpur on being conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize 2021.
Immunity acquired from vaccination or previous infections alone was leakier — they conferred reasonable protection from infection when exposure to the virus was low, but much less when exposure was high.
In the august presence of the Hon’ble President of India, these honours shall be conferred at New Delhi.
In total over 18,000 people will been conferred with Irish citizenship this year.
Over the next few weeks, Philip and I conferred regularly on the Kingsley question.
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award is the highest honour conferred on overseas Indians during the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention, which will be held this time between January 8 and 10 in Indore.
President Droupadi Murmu, who is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, on Tuesday conferred distinguished service awards to 84 serving and retired personnel of the armed forces.
Prince Edward will remain Earl of Forfar - a title conferred by the Queen on his 55th birthday in addition to his Earl of Wessex title, given on the day of his 1999 wedding.
Says FG will partner state in infrastructure devt President Muhammadu Buhari was, yesterday, in Owerri, capital of Imo State, conferred with a chieftaincy title, ‘Nwanne di na mba’ (relation is in another land).
Shettima, alongside President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, were earlier at the State House Banquet Hall, conferred with national honours by the outgoing president.
Swami Chinna Jeeyar and Patel have been conferred the honour for their contributions in the field of spiritualism.
The award was conferred by President Droupadi Murmu to Ngopa VCP K.Lalremsiam at New Delhi.
The charges alleged that Mr Emefiele conferred corrupt advantages on Ms Ramalan-Yaro using her firm, April 1616 Investment Limited, to execute a series of procurement contracts spanning years.
Common combinations with conferred
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- conferred with 42×
- conferred on 33×
- was conferred 29×
- conferred by 23×
- conferred the 22×
- be conferred 21×
- conferred upon 16×
- also conferred 14×
- been conferred 10×
- were conferred 9×