HOW TO PRONOUNCE
conversation
/ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/
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What does conversation mean?
noun
- Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
- Dialogue or interaction regarding a topic.
- The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
More meanings (7)
noun
- The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
- (obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
- (archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
- (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
- (obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
- (archaic) A kind of confectionery lozenge bearing a message on its surface.
verb
- To engage in conversation (with).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/
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“Hundred and seventeen,” chuckled another old gentleman, given to mental arithmetic and little conversation, who had hitherto sat unobserved in a corner.
It seemed a strangely inopportune moment for a proud member of a proud race to unbend in casual conversation with a captor.
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“Second to NONE,” said the Pilgrim, who had stood near enough to hear, and had listened to this conversation with marked impatience.
Besides, to say I am thus and thus, when my conversation, and all my neighbours, tell me I lie, is great wickedness.
Later on he gave them some specimens of his obscene conversation, so that they were glad to continue their journey without him.