converse
Other forms: conversing; conversed; converses
Converse is a more formal way of saying "carry on a conversation." You could converse with your best friend for hours over lunch, but continue the chit-chat through the afternoon matinee and you might get shushed.
Oddly enough, converse was originally a verb meaning “to move about, live or dwell” when it first came into existence in the mid 14th century. But today we only use converse to talk about, well, talking. Quipped the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, “When marrying, one should ask oneself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this woman into your old age?” A good question for marrying men and women!
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a proposition obtained by conversion
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type of:
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proposition
(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
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proposition
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carry on a conversation
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synonyms:
discourse
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argue, contend, debate, fence
have an argument about something
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interview, question
conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting
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interview
discuss formally with (somebody) for the purpose of an evaluation
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interview
go for an interview in the hope of being hired
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chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
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stickle
dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
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spar
fight verbally
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bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble
argue over petty things
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altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap
have a disagreement over something
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oppose
be against; express opposition to
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jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze
talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
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turned about in order or relation
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synonyms:
reversed, transposed
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backward
directed or facing toward the back or rear
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backward
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of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other“`parental' and `filial' are converse terms”
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antonymous
of words: having opposite meanings
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antonymous
Vocabulary lists containing converse
Mr. Lemoncello invites teams from across the U.S. to compete in a first-ever Library Olympics, where they must solve puzzles and decipher clues to become champions of literature and his library.
Based on the true story of the settlement of Jamestown, this novel follows twelve-year-old Samuel Collier as he goes from being an orphan on the streets of London to the page of Captain John Smith on his journey to the New World.
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