Definition of "press conference" []

• An interview held for news reporters by a political figure or famous person. Also called news conference. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Clean-cut and attired for the press conference in conservative dark business suits except Conrad, who stood out in a white linen suit, the New Nine looked, to one observer, “more like junior executives on their way home to Scarsdale than spacemen who hope to set foot on the Moon.”"
• "The event got its name when Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky told an early June press conference that "this doesn't need to be a Carmageddon" if people avoided driving."
• "I made an issue of that fact by calling a press conference and having Ellen sit in a chair opposite a duck-hunting decoy."