converse
pronunciation
How to pronounce converse in British English:
UK [kən'vɜːs]
How to pronounce converse in American English:
US [kənˈvɜːrs]
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- Noun:
- a proposition obtained by conversion
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- Verb:
- carry on a conversation
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- Adjective:
- of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other
- turned about in order or relation
Word Origin
- converse (v.)
- "to communicate (with)," 1590s; earlier "to move about, live, dwell" (mid-14c.), from Old French converser "to talk" (12c.), from Latin conversari (see conversation). Related: Conversed; conversing.
- converse (adj.)
- "exact opposite," 1560s, from Latin conversus "turn around," past participle of convertere "to turn about" (see convert). Originally mathematical. The noun is attested from 1550s in mathematics. Related: Conversely.
Example
- 1. 81 Per cent believe computers will be able to converse like humans .
- 2. You should be able to converse comfortably .
- 3. The consequence of measures to improve life expectancy is to drive down incomes the converse of england 's earlier advantage in having appalling standards of hygiene , which kept lifespans short and incomes comparatively high .
- 4. The personalization of the social enterprise , internally and externally , requires consumers , partners and employees to converse on the topics that are meaningful within the context of what they are doing .
- 5. Etiquette required that she should wait , immovable as an idol , while the men who wished to converse with her succeeded each other at her side .