What is "converse" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does converse mean in English? Meaning of converse definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "converse" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "converse": a proposition obtained by conversion

Noun

  • Meaning: a proposition obtained by conversion
  • Synonyms: converse
  • Hypernyms: proposition
  • Meaning of "converse": carry on a conversation

    Verb

  • Meaning: carry on a conversation
  • Synonyms: converse discourse
  • Hyponyms: argue chaffer chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate contend debate fence gossip interview jaw natter question shoot the breeze visit
  • Hypernyms: speak talk
  • Meaning of "converse": of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other

    Adjective

  • Meaning: of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other
  • Example: `parental' and `filial' are converse terms
  • Synonyms: converse
  • Similar: antonymous
  • Meaning of "converse": turned about in order or relation

    Adjective

  • Meaning: turned about in order or relation
  • Example: transposed letters
  • Synonyms: converse reversed transposed
  • Similar: backward
  • Adjective: (formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation. Shakespeare Companions / That do converse and waste the time together. Dryden We had conversed so often on that subject.Shakespeare Companions / That do converse and waste the time together.Dryden We had conversed so often on that subject.To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with. Thomson To seek the distant hills, and there converse / With nature. Sir Walter Scott Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. Wordsworth But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.Thomson To seek the distant hills, and there converse / With nature.Sir Walter Scott Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.Wordsworth But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.(obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study. John Locke according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less varietyJohn Locke according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety
  • Synonyms:

    inverse, reverse, obverse, antithesis, counter, contrary, antipode, contra, antipole, counterpole, other side, commune, use, yak, chat, parley, chitchat, exchange, confer, discourse, rap, gab, speak, schmooze, chew the fat,

    Antonyms:

    equal, similarity, same, be quiet, be silent,

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    converse in English: converse
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