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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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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as in reverse
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Recent Examples of converse
Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
He and O’Ward converse in Spanish.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Claude Code, released in February 2025, was Anthropic’s first successful attempt at building an AI agent—a system that takes actions on the user’s behalf, rather than merely conversing in a chat interface.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Kids may project onto a bot and converse with it, missing out on something crucial in the process.
—Damon Beres, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
He and O’Ward converse in Spanish.
—Nick Remsen, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
All manner of inquiries might be required to tease out of the person what transpired while conversing with the AI.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Claude Code, released in February 2025, was Anthropic’s first successful attempt at building an AI agent—a system that takes actions on the user’s behalf, rather than merely conversing in a chat interface.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for converse
Noun
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Some teens worry that relying on AI for emotional support could make real conversations harder.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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These physiological responses are now part of a wider conversation about rising instances of school avoidance among neurodiverse adolescents.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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So far, he’s been spotted draped in a full-length, white fluffy coat and fire engine-red hat and gloves, watching the women’s downhill race, and casually chatting with onlookers at the curling mixed doubles, adorned in a zip-jacket emblazoned with Team USA players’ faces.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Our winter season continues with Adina Hoffman (recipient of a 2013 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction) chatting with Michael Kelleher about Georges Perec’s magical and mercurial and maddening An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris, translated by Marc Lowenthal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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List in reverse chronological order, starting with most recent, college and uninversities attended with years of attendance and degrees held.—
Andrea Keiser,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Acuff later attempted an alley-oop with Isaiah Sealy, who couldn't get a reverse layup from his waist to curl in the basket.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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No, the Heat never got deep into discussions for Ja Morant.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Final discussions are underway as Colorado moves toward possible changes to how SNAP benefits work in the state.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders said at trial that the custody exchange on the day of the shooting was a ruse for Payne to talk his way back into Lane's life.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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Keith Law is doing a live chat today to talk MLB prospects.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This is the inverse aspect of high capital returns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Ducks have nearly posted the inverse number, 13 losses in 15 opportunities.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
12 Jan. 2026
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Porziņģis, who was acquired just before Thursday’s deadline from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield, has played in just 59 games over the last two seasons because of various health issues.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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First, the goal of leading an economically secure life in exchange for hard work has become more elusive.—
Mark Robert Rank,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Such gatherings are totally counter to AI’s onslaught of decontextualized content.—
Imogen West-Knights,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026
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Netflix on the counter-offensive Meanwhile, Netflix has been ramping up its PR battle against Paramount’s hostile bid.—
Andrew Kirell,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Converse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converse. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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