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8 Letter Words for Converse
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Definitions for Converse
[1] to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
[2] Archaic . to maintain a familiar association (usually followed by with ).
[3] Obsolete . to have sexual intercourse (usually followed by with ).
[4] familiar discourse or talk; conversation.
[5] opposite or contrary in direction, action, sequence, etc.; turned around.
[6] something opposite or contrary.
[7] Logic . a proposition obtained from another proposition by conversion. the relation between two terms, one of which is related to the other in a given manner, as “younger than” to “older than.”
[8] a group of words correlative with a preceding group but having a significant pair of terms interchanged, as “hot in winter but cold in summer” and “cold in winter but hot in summer.”
[9] Frederick Shep·herd [shep -erd] /ˈʃɛp ərd/ , 1871–1940, U.S. composer.
[10] to engage in conversation (with)
[11] to commune spiritually (with)
[12] obsolete to associate; consort to have sexual intercourse
[13] conversation (often in the phrase hold converse with )
[14] obsolete fellowship or acquaintance sexual intercourse
[15] (prenominal) reversed; opposite; contrary
[16] something that is opposite or contrary
[17] logic a categorical proposition obtained from another by the transposition of subject and predicate, as no bad man is bald from no bald man is bad a proposition so derived, possibly by weakening a universal proposition to the corresponding particular, as some socialists are rich from all rich men are socialists
[18] logic maths a relation that holds between two relata only when a given relation holds between them in reverse order: thus father of is the converse of son of
Words related to Converse
inverse, reverse, obverse, antithesis, counter, contrary, antipode, contra, commune, use, yak, chat, parley, chitchat, exchange, confer, discourse, rap, gab, speak
Words nearby Converse
conversational, conversational implicature, conversational quality, conversationalist, conversazione, converse, conversely, conversion, conversion disorder, conversion ratio, conversion table
Origin of Converse
21350–1400; Middle English convers (< Anglo-French ) < Latin conversus past participle of convertere to turn around, equivalent to con- con- + vert- turn + -tus past participle suffix; see convert1
Words that may be confused with Converse
converse, inverse, obverse, reverse
Other words from Converse
con·vers·er , noun
con·verse·ly [kuh n-vurs -lee, kon -vurs-] /kənˈvɜrs li, ˈkɒn vɜrs-/ , adverb
Word origin for Converse
C16: from Latin conversus turned around; see converse 1
Synonyms for Converse
antipode, antithesis, contra, contrary, counter, inverse, obverse, reverse, antipole, counterpole, other side