"conferment" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: conferments [plural]
Etymology: confer + -ment Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|confer|ment}} confer + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} conferment (countable and uncountable, plural conferments)
  1. The act of conferring; a presentation or bestowal. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: conferral Translations (act): удостояване (udostojavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), promootio (note: of academic degrees) (Finnish), confermement (Middle English)
    Sense id: en-conferment-en-noun-j8b4enBe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment

Inflected forms

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