NEWS CONFERENCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

news conference; press conference

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("news 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 "news conference"):

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