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单词 conversing
释义

converse

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verb

con·​verse kən-ˈvərs How to pronounce converse (audio)
conversed; conversing

intransitive verb

1
: to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk
spent a few minutes conversing about the weather
The leaders were bellowing so loudly that you had to shout to converse with your dinner partner. Christopher Buckley
2
archaic
a
: to have acquaintance or familiarity
b
: to become occupied or engaged
converser
kən-ˈvər-sər How to pronounce converse (audio)
noun

converse

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noun (1)

con·​verse ˈkän-ˌvərs How to pronounce converse (audio)
1
dated : conversation
… Mrs Walker, like many other mothers, was apt to be more free in converse with her daughter than she was with her son. Anthony Trollope
Graham Bretton had dined with us that day; he had shone both in converse and looks. Charlotte Brontë
2
archaic : social interaction

converse

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noun (2)

con·​verse ˈkän-ˌvərs How to pronounce converse (audio)
: something reversed in order, relation, or action: such as
a
: a theorem formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a given theorem
b
: a proposition obtained by interchange of the subject and predicate of a given proposition
"No P is S " is the converse of "no S is P. "

converse

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adjective

con·​verse kən-ˈvərs How to pronounce converse (audio) ˈkän-ˌvərs How to pronounce converse (audio)
1
: reversed in order, relation, or action
Socrates, while he said that the true tragic writer was also an artist in comedy, did not lay down the converse proposition that the true comic writer is also an artist in tragedy. Samuel Alexander
2
: being a logical or mathematical converse
the converse theorem

Synonyms

Verb

  • babble
  • blab
  • cackle
  • chaffer [British]
  • chat
  • chatter
  • chin [slang]
  • gab
  • gabble
  • gas
  • jabber
  • jaw
  • kibitz
  • kibbitz
  • natter
  • palaver
  • patter
  • prate
  • prattle
  • rap
  • rattle
  • run on
  • schmooze
  • shmooze
  • talk
  • twitter
  • visit

Noun (1)

  • chat
  • colloquy
  • conversation
  • dialogue
  • dialog
  • discourse
  • discussion
  • exchange
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Example Sentences

Verb They conversed quietly in the corner of the room. At home we often converse in Spanish. Adjective One must also consider the converse case.

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, to live (with), from Anglo-French converser, from Latin conversari

Noun (1)

Middle English convers, from Anglo-French converse, from converser

Noun (2) and Adjective

Latin conversus, past participle of convertere — see convert entry 1

First Known Use

Verb

1598, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (2)

1570, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

converse

verb

con·​verse kən-ˈvərs How to pronounce converse (audio)
conversed; conversing
: to talk to another person or to other people

conversing

verb

present participle of converse
as in chatting
to engage in casual or rambling conversation jurors are not allowed to converse while the attorneys go off to one side to confer with the judge

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • chatting
  • talking
  • chattering
  • gabbing
  • discussing
  • rattling
  • jabbering
  • schmoozing
  • prattling
  • babbling
  • nattering
  • prating
  • gabbling
  • blabbing
  • kibitzing
  • jawing
  • visiting
  • gossiping
  • rapping
  • cackling
  • palavering
  • pattering
  • shmoozing
  • chaffering
  • twittering
  • chinning
  • kibbitzing
  • gassing
  • blowing smoke
  • chewing the rag
  • running on
  • tattling
  • talking a blue streak
  • expatiating
  • chewing the fat
  • shooting the breeze
  • yakking
  • descanting
  • yapping
  • yammering
  • yacking
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