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converse

/kənˈvɝs/

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What does converse mean?

verb

  1. To talk; to engage in conversation.
  2. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.

noun

  1. (literary) Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
More meanings (8)

adjective

  1. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.

noun

  1. The opposite or reverse.
  2. Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.
  3. One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
  4. Synonym of transpose.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A shoe of an American-based brand of that name.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study.

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IPA pronunciation

/kənˈvɝs/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈkɑnvɝs/
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There were squints, and leers, and some dull, ox-like stares from those who were too dull or too weary to converse.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233
I began to learn German in order to converse with the Germans, six and twenty* of whom we had on board.
Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta) FriesThe Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740Project Gutenberg ebook #570
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I walked to the city without any concern, being clad like one of the natives, and sufficiently instructed to converse with them.
Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #829
It may be said, indeed, that so long as two people converse, unaware of each other’s “funded thought,” they speak different languages.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
“I am very sure we shall meet again. Indeed, if you would like to converse with me I will gladly name an hour.”
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177