converse
English
Etymology 1
From Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#CONVERSE converser, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CONVERSE conversor (“live, have dealings with”)Category:Latin links with redundant alt parameters#CONVERSE.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈvɜːs/Category:English 2-syllable words#CONVERSECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CONVERSE
- (US) enPR: kənvûrs', IPA(key): /kənˈvɝs/Category:English 2-syllable words#CONVERSECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CONVERSE
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sCategory:Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)s#CONVERSECategory:Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)s/2 syllables#CONVERSE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CONVERSEAudio (UK): (file)
Verb
converse (third-person singular simple present converses, present participle conversing, simple past and past participle conversed)Category:English lemmas#CONVERSECategory:English verbs#CONVERSECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
- (formalCategory:English formal terms#CONVERSE, intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#CONVERSE) To talk; to engage in conversation.
- Synonyms: (nonstandard) conversate, (informal) convo, (formal) discourse; see also Thesaurus:converse
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
- Companions […]Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
That do converse and waste the time together.
- 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:
- We had conversed so often on that subject.Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
- (followed by with) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
- a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
- To seek the distant hills, and there converseCategory:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
With nature.
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion:
- But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#CONVERSE) To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
- according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less varietyCategory:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
converse (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#CONVERSECategory:English nouns#CONVERSECategory:English uncountable nouns#CONVERSECategory:English uncountable nouns#CONVERSECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
- (now literaryCategory:English literary terms#CONVERSE) Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
- 1727, [Edward Young], “Satire V. On Women.”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC:
- Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalms and chapters for the day […]Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
- 1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter III, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 93:
- [R]eturn to thy maſter, and tell him, e'er vve liquidate our differences by the ſvvord, Manfred vvould hold ſome converſe vvith him.Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 177:
- She had around her gay converse, in which she had no share; and laughter, in which she was little tempted to join.Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
- 1919, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Disappearance of Crispina Umerleigh”, in R[othay] R[eynolds], editor, The Toys of Peace and Other Papers. […], London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […], →OCLC:
- In a first-class carriage of a train speeding Balkanward across the flat, green Hungarian plain, two Britons sat in friendly, fitful converse.Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 26:
- [S]uch was the aberration of mind attending converse with a successful draper.Category:English terms with quotations#CONVERSE
Etymology 2
From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#CONVERSE conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
converse (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#CONVERSECategory:English adjectives#CONVERSECategory:English uncomparable adjectives#CONVERSECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
- Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.
- a converse propositionCategory:English terms with usage examples#CONVERSE
Noun
converse (plural converses)Category:English lemmas#CONVERSECategory:English nouns#CONVERSECategory:English countable nouns#CONVERSECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
- The opposite or reverse.
- (logicCategory:en:Logic#CONVERSE) 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.
- All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fish are trout, is not true.Category:English terms with usage examples#CONVERSE
- (semanticsCategory:en:Semantics#CONVERSE) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
- (graph theoryCategory:en:Graph theory#CONVERSE) Synonym of transpose.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
Category:English heteronyms#CONVERSE Category:en:Talking#CONVERSEFrench
Pronunciation
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CONVERSEAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CONVERSEAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CONVERSEAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CONVERSEAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CONVERSEAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Adjective
converse f sgCategory:French non-lemma forms#CONVERSECategory:French adjective forms#CONVERSECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
Verb
converseCategory:French non-lemma forms#CONVERSECategory:French verb forms#CONVERSECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
- inflection of converser:
Galician
Verb
converseCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#CONVERSECategory:Galician verb forms#CONVERSECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
- inflection of conversar:
Italian
Alternative forms
Verb
converseCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#CONVERSECategory:Italian verb forms#CONVERSECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
converseCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#CONVERSECategory:Latin participle forms#CONVERSECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
Portuguese
Verb
converseCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#CONVERSECategory:Portuguese verb forms#CONVERSECategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
- inflection of conversar:
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komˈbeɾse/ [kõmˈbeɾ.se]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CONVERSECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CONVERSE
- Rhymes: -eɾseCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾse#CONVERSECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾse/3 syllables#CONVERSE
- Syllabification: con‧ver‧se
Verb
converseCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#CONVERSECategory:Spanish verb forms#CONVERSECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CONVERSECategory:Pages with entries#CONVERSECategory:Pages with 7 entries#CONVERSE
- inflection of conversar: