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converse
1[kuhn-vurs, kon-vurs]
verb (used without object)
to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
Synonyms: , , , ,Archaic.to maintain a familiar association (usually followed bywith ).
Obsolete.to have sexual intercourse (usually followed bywith ).
noun
familiar discourse or talk; conversation.
converse
2[kuhn-vurs, kon-vurs, kon-vurs]
adjective
opposite or contrary in direction, action, sequence, etc.; turned around.
noun
something opposite or contrary.
Logic.
a proposition obtained from another proposition by conversion.
the relation between two terms, one of which is related to the other in a given manner, as “younger than” to “older than.”
a group of words correlative with a preceding group but having a significant pair of terms interchanged, as “hot in winter but cold in summer” and “cold in winter but hot in summer.”
Converse
3[kon-vurs]
noun
Frederick Shepherd 1871–1940, U.S. composer.
converse
1verb
to engage in conversation (with)
to commune spiritually (with)
obsolete
to associate; consort
to have sexual intercourse
noun
conversation (often in the phrase hold converse with )
obsolete
fellowship or acquaintance
sexual intercourse
converse
2/ ˈɒԱɜː /
adjective
(prenominal) reversed; opposite; contrary
noun
something that is opposite or contrary
logic
a categorical proposition obtained from another by the transposition of subject and predicate, as no bad man is bald from no bald man is bad
a proposition so derived, possibly by weakening a universal proposition to the corresponding particular, as some socialists are rich from all rich men are socialists
logic maths a relation that holds between two relata only when a given relation holds between them in reverse order: thus father of is the converse of son of
Other Word Forms
- converser noun
- conversely adverb
- Dzˈ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of converse1
Word History and Origins
Origin of converse1
Origin of converse2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Your next toy or game may be able to converse with you.
"'s happening is happening now, so I just want to appreciate it, while I can feel the sun on my skin, and I can meet lovely people and converse and connect."
By her 2nd birthday — when most children are expected to recognize basic shapes and colors and converse in short two-to-four word sentences — Alisa had already mastered the alphabet and could count into the hundreds.
Safa'a spoke very little English, and in any case the noise of the helicopter made it impossible to converse.
From his hotel room, Padilla captured two men conversing in a hot tub.
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