Associations to the word «Converse»
Noun
- Conversation
- Theorem
- Interpreter
- Whisper
- Acquaintance
- Intercourse
- Subject
- Proposition
- Tone
- Personage
- Intimacy
- Familiarity
- Tradesman
- Chatter
- Socrates
- Gentleman
- Countenance
- Tongue
- Ease
- Stranger
- Nike
- Delight
- Pleasure
- Manner
- Subset
- Frenchman
- Discourse
- Monsieur
- Companion
- Glancing
- Raoul
- Dialect
- Yiddish
- Countryman
- Inference
- Inclination
- Neighbour
- Spoke
- Fitzpatrick
- Native
- Particular
- Language
- Vocabulary
- Mankind
- Joel
- Converse
- Person
- Implication
- Attache
Adjective
Wiktionary
CONVERSE, verb. (formal) (intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
CONVERSE, verb. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with.
CONVERSE, verb. (obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
CONVERSE, noun. (now literary) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
CONVERSE, adjective. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.
CONVERSE, noun. The opposite or reverse.
CONVERSE, noun. (logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true." equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs".
Dictionary definition
CONVERSE, noun. A proposition obtained by conversion.
CONVERSE, verb. Carry on a conversation.
CONVERSE, adjective. Of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms".
CONVERSE, adjective. Turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.