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noun

ˈkän-ˌvərs How to pronounce converse (audio)
Definition of conversenext
as in conversation
talking or a talk between two or more people ideally, the college classroom should be a place of intellectual converse between student and teacher

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converse

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verb

kən-ˈvərs How to pronounce converse (audio)
as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation jurors are not allowed to converse while the attorneys go off to one side to confer with the judge

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converse

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adjective

as in reverse

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Recent Examples of converse
Noun
Inside this building, generations of artists a century apart converse about similarly distressing and awe-inducing encounters between us and our technological creations. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Mar. 2026 The two converse as if Janet is a hostage on a permanent Zoom call, always sitting in the same room, in the same clothes, talking to the same nonexistent camera. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 Green was more upbeat after conversing with Young throughout the day. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for converse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for converse
  1. conversation
  2. chat
  3. reverse
  4. discussion
  5. talk
  6. inverse
  7. exchange
  8. counter
Noun
  • Drawn from nearly a decade’s worth of Simon’s conversations with an actual but anonymized retired FBI agent, these encyclopedic artworks appear to revel in the research that underpins them.
    — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Tan plans to trace those shifts through small moments, such as a family dinner, a conversation, a silence or the absence of something once there.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of conversation
Verb
  • Times columnists Gustavo Arellano, Steve Lopez and Lorraine Ali are chatting about Tuesday night’s Los Angeles mayoral debate between Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The details of the allegations, which disclosed how fraternity members used a Snapchat group chat to discuss the woman and events at the party with openly crude language, sparked fury across the nation.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of chat
Adjective
  • Difficult-to-reverse decisions also need strong controls, such as human review, deterministic rules, a traditional model or another independent validation mechanism.
    — Swati Deepak Kumar, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In both versions, the helm sits at the center of the main deck, protected by a wraparound windscreen with a reverse rake.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of reverse
Noun
  • It could be put on the Faculty Senate's agenda for discussion as soon as next week, several professors said in interviews.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Jackson used a portion of his rebuttal to try and refocus the discussion on Collins.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of discussion
Verb
  • Conservatives have talked for years about the need to downsize the federal leviathan.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Kevin Warsh wants the Fed to talk less and to force investors to look at the numbers and make their own decisions.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of talk
Adjective
  • Capacity ends up being allocated in a roughly inverse proportion to health, and health has nothing to do with importance.
    — Manas Chaudhari, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • On the daily chart, MOO has formed an imperfect but recognizable inverse head-and-shoulders pattern and decisively broken through resistance around $86-$87.
    — Jay Woods, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of inverse
Noun
  • Nasdaq Stockholm attracted more IPO capital last year than any other European exchange.
    — Jan Larsson, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Looking further ahead, Yi wants to build a cross-border talent development program, whether an exchange, a shadowing scheme or an accelerator.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of exchange
Adjective
  • Downstairs, Juniper Table offers a counter-service bar for espresso and juice, a Cal-Med breakfast and lunch menu during the day, and a full-service dinner menu at night.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, in a memo to school board members, presented a counter interpretation and said the state team exaggerated the crisis and was implicitly faulting justified wage increases.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of counter

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