conferencing
会議
解説 Definition
conferencing は conference（会議をする、協議する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人々が集まって話し合うことや、オンラインで会議を行うことを表します。
The activity of holding discussions or meetings among people, especially when participants communicate from different locations through video, audio, or online systems. It can also refer broadly to conducting organized consultations with several individuals or offices.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
conference に -ing を付ける際、語末の e を落として conferencing となります。video conferencing「ビデオ会議」、conferencing software「会議用ソフト」のまとまりで覚えましょう。meeting が一回の会合そのものを広く指すのに対し、conferencing は複数地点を音声・映像で結ぶ仕組みや、継続的に協議する活動を表すことが多い語です。
Start with conference and drop the final e before adding -ing: conferencing. Connect it with the highly common combinations “video conferencing,” “audio conferencing,” and “conferencing software.” Picture people in different offices bringing their ideas together on one screen. Meeting is the broad everyday word for a gathering, while conferencing often emphasizes the process or technology that connects participants, especially at a distance. It can also describe extended consultation with several people or offices. This link between “bringing together” and remote communication makes the noun easy to recognize.
例文
Video conferencing helped the team work with clients overseas.
ビデオ会議のおかげで、そのチームは海外の顧客と仕事ができました。
The school uses conferencing software for parent meetings.
その学校は保護者面談に会議用ソフトを使っています。
Conferencing with several offices took most of the afternoon.
いくつかの支社との会議に、午後の大半がかかりました。
conferencing の類義語・関連語
conferencing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
conferencing は conference からで、語源はラテン語 conferre「一緒に運ぶ・持ち寄る」です。con-「共に」+ ferre「運ぶ」から成り、人や意見を一か所に持ち寄ることが「会議する」の意味になったと分かる語です。関連語は confer, transfer。
Conferencing is formed from conference by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Conference is related to confer and ultimately to Latin conferre, “to bring together,” built from con-, “together,” and ferre, “to carry” or “bring.” The literal image of bringing people, information, or opinions together developed into the sense of consultation and organized discussion. Modern technology extended that idea to audio and video meetings across locations.
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