PRESS CONFERENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does press conference mean? 

• PRESS CONFERENCE (noun)
  The noun PRESS CONFERENCE has 1 sense:

1. a conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity

  Familiarity information: PRESS CONFERENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESS CONFERENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conference at which press and tv reporters ask questions of a politician or other celebrity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

news conference; press conference

Hypernyms ("press conference" is a kind of...):

conference; group discussion (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "press conference"):

backgrounder (a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy)