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confer

 
 
/kənˈfɜːr/ verb (present participle conferring, past tense and past participle conferred)

Translation

DISCUSS [I] to discuss something with other people before making a decision
fikir/görüş alışverişinde bulunmak, fikir teatisi etmek
I'll need to confer with my lawyers.1157
GIVE [T] formal to give someone something, especially an official title, an honour, or an advantage
vermek, sunmak, bahşetmek
794
(Definition of confer verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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