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Friday, September 25, 2009

4.13 Confer

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confer
/kən'fəɹ/
  1. (intransitive) If two or more people confer, they find out each other's opinion.
  2. (transitive) If something is conferred on somebody, it is given to them, often officially.
reconfer
conference

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  1. confer
    [kən'fə:]
    vi. 商讨
    vt. 赠予, 授予
    And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have more cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.

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  2. We performed a genome-wide association scan to search for sequence variants conferring risk of prostate cancer.
    Italian: Conferire

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  3. For example, some have argued in particular cases that international agreements automatically confer legal rights on individuals that may be enforced directly without state support

    Japanese; ataeru, jyu yo suru

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  4. That vaccine will confer lifelong immunity.

    Korean : 수여하다. 주다.

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  5. Early studies suggest that even without an adjuvant, a single injection of swine flu vaccine — rather than the two anticipated — will confer adequate protection on adults and children at least 10 years old.

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  6. The prisoner asked permission to confer with his lawyer.
    Russian: присудить

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  7. Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.
    Spanish:conferir

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