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Conversation

//ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. countable, uncountable

    "I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid."

  2. 2
    the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Yt chaunſed thatt a whole yere they had their converſacion with the congregacion there / and taught moche people in ſomoche thatt the diſciples off Antioche wer the fyrſt that wer called Chriſten."

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  1. 6
    Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

  2. 7
    Sexual intercourse. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "criminal conversation"

  3. 8
    Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "So grosse is our conuersation, and dull is our apprehension: while mortall Sense, in vs, ruleth the common wealth of our litle world."

Verb
  1. 1
    To engage in conversation (with). ambitransitive, nonstandard

    "Gone now are the "high-minded" style, the "adapted from literature" feel, the voice-over narration, and the abstract conversationing about ideas, values..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione. Morphologically converse + -ation.

Etymology 2

From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione. Morphologically converse + -ation.

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