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conversation

Definitions of conversation
  1. noun
    an exchange of ideas via conversation
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    types:
    dialogue
    a conversation between two persons
    baratin
    empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
  2. noun
    the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
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    types:
    causette
    an informal conversation
    communication téléphonique
    a conversation over the telephone
    bavardage, commérage, potins, racontars
    light informal conversation for social occasions
    dialogue
    a conversation between two persons
    baratin
    empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
    type of:
    discours, langue, langue parlée
    (language) communication by word of mouth
  3. noun
    social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
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