conferred
- 1Simple past and past participle of confer.
The monarch conferred a knighthood on the celebrated scientist.
The board members conferred privately before announcing their choice.
Note
One spelling serves two quite different uses. In the bestowing sense it is transitive and takes on or upon: a degree conferred on a graduate, often in the passive (the title was conferred upon her). In the consulting sense it takes no object and pairs with with: the lawyers conferred with their client. The r doubles because the stress falls on the second syllable, con-FERRED. Conference, stressed on the first, keeps a single r.
The title was conferred upon her by the university.
She conferred with her lawyer before signing.
conferred is a form of confer
confer, verb: To grant or bestow something on a person, such as a right, honor, or title. Full entry
- Forms
- conferconfers he/she/itconferring -ing formconferred past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- confer → conferred: double the r, add -ed
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