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1. (v.i.) converse
to talk informally with another; exchange ideas by talking.
2. converse
Archaic. to maintain a familiar association (usu. fol. by with).
3. (n.) converse
conversation.
4. (adj.) converse
opposite or contrary in direction, action, sequence, etc.; turned around.
5. (n.) converse
something opposite or contrary.
6. converse
a logical proposition obtained from another proposition by conversion.
7. converse
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.”
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME convers (< AF) < L conversus, ptp. of convertere to turn around; see convert)
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| Definition of 'Converse' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) converse
a proposition obtained by conversion
2. (adj) converse
of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other
"`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"
3. (verb) converse, reversed, transposed
turned about in order or relation
"transposed letters"
4. (verb) converse, discourse
carry on a conversation
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1. (verb) converse
to talk to sb
able to converse with people in English
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Converse
turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition
2. (noun) Converse
frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association
3. (noun) Converse
familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat
4. (noun) Converse
a proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue
5. (noun) Converse
a proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal
6. (verb) Converse
to keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with
7. (verb) Converse
to engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing
8. (verb) Converse
to have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things
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Sense: to talk
It is difficult to converse with people who do not speak your language.
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 Afrikaans: gesels |
 Arabic: يَتَحَدَّث، يُحادِث |
 Bulgarian: говоря |
 Brazilian: conversar |
 Czech: hovořit |
 German: sich unterhalten |
 Danish: samtale; tale sammen; kon |
 Greek: συζητώ |
 Spanish: conversar, charlar |
 Estonian: vestlema |
 Farsi: صحبت کردن |
 Finnish: keskustella |
 French: converser |
 Hebrew: לְשׂוֹחֵחַ |
 Hindi: वार्तालाप करना |
 Croatian: općiti, družiti se |
 Hungarian: társalog |
 Indonesian: bicara |
 Icelandic: ræða við |
 Italian: conversare |
 Japanese: 語り合う |
 Korean: 담화하다 |
 Lithuanian: kalbėtis |
 Latvian: sarunāties |
 Malay: berbual |
 Dutch: converseren |
 Norwegian: føre en samtale, snakke s |
 Polish: rozmawiać |
 Persian: صحبت کردن |
 Pashto: غږیدل |
 Portuguese: conversar |
 Romanian: a discuta |
 Russian: общаться |
 Slovak: hovoriť |
 Slovenian: občevati |
 Serbian: razgovarati |
 Swedish: konversera, samtala |
 Thai: พูดคุย |
 Turkish: konuşmak, sohbet etmek |
 Taiwanese: 交談 |
 Ukrainian: розмовляти, спілкуватися |
 Urdu: بات چیت كرنا |
 Vietnamese: chuyện trò |
 Chinese: 交谈 |
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