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
Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Seen facing each other on a couch, the two converse with the ease of good friends.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
The goal here is to find a place to regularly converse with guys.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
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Verb
At one point, Mandel stepped out of the room to let the two converse alone, while emotional piano music swelled in the background.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Seen facing each other on a couch, the two converse with the ease of good friends.
—Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Those of us who write New Yorker profiles aspire, in our way, both to understand and to portray the people who agree to converse with us.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2025
The goal here is to find a place to regularly converse with guys.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for converse
Noun
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Our conversation has been edited for clarity and length.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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But mostly the veteran producer spent his wide-ranging conversation with Variety‘s Clayton Davis explaining the job that is often hard to define — the role of a producer — and discussing the state of the film business.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Among her recent videos documenting her conversations on Omegle, a video-chatting app for talking with strangers, the one that performed best featured a man calling her an anti-trans slur (Lee isn’t trans).—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
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In an exclusive with WWD, Leclerc sat down to chat about his definition of success both on and off the racetrack, working with Constant as his stylist, tapping into his creative side through his new studio and more.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some of the latest diffuser technology, introduced by Dyson in the brand’s Supersonic Nural hair dryer last year, features a reverse airflow setting that draws hair into the diffuser’s bowl to stretch and dry curls or dry waves for effortless, French girl-style ‘dos.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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An investigation into Alexander Donahoe, a teacher at Jere Baxter Middle School, was launched in March after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported a computer with an IP address in Nashville was being used to conduct reverse image searches.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Under the proposal, the release of all Israeli hostages—dead and alive—would occur within 72 hours of Israel formally accepting the deal, in exchange for the release of 250 Palestinians serving life sentences and 1,700 detainees from Gaza.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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The company also acquired Australian cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve earlier in September.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The working group held 10 meetings between July and September, and talked to various entities affected or interested.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Home in a comfy chair, holding baby Zakaria, who’s nursing while Mayniel talks.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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After awarding the voluntary furlough, management will proceed with involuntary furloughs in inverse order of system seniority up to the 1,800 number, in accordance with flight attendant contracts, the union said.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the shape of a paranormal event, like the one seen in the film, is exactly inverse to traditional story structure.—
Daniel Noah,
IndieWire,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This information, however, is fed to the board by the company, which by necessity involves a degree of filtering to decide the amount of detail required and the depth of the discussion.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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The discussion touched on the impact of A-list festival selections and wins as well as victory at the Academy Awards.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The counter north of Banks recorded 6,251 vehicles per day in July 2010 and 8,186 in July 2024.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Sep. 2025
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When the Washington Examiner asked whether the State Department would approve such counter-terrorism sanctions against international antifa, a spokesperson said the agency does not preview potential FTO designations.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Converse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converse. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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