conversation
noun
- form of interactive communication between or among people
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩/ / [ˌkʰɒɱ.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩] / /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/
noun
Etymology: 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.
- Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
“I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.”
“You need to improve conversation in foreign languages.”
- Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
- The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
- The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
- Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
“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.”
- Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
“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.”
“There are many that take no heed what happeneth to others by bad conversation, and therefore overthrow themselves in the same manner through their own fault, not foreseeing dangers manifest.”
- Sexual intercourse.
“criminal conversation”
“Ariadne[…]quitted her Lover Theseus, for the tumultuous Conversation of Bacchus.”
- Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
“So grosse is our conuersation, and dull is our apprehension: while mortall Sense, in vs, ruleth the common wealth of our litle world.”
- A kind of confectionery lozenge bearing a message on its surface.
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To engage in conversation (with).
“Gone now are the "high-minded" style, the "adapted from literature" feel, the voice-over narration, and the abstract conversationing about ideas, values...”
“...he has breakfasted me, dined me, conversationed me, absolutely caressed me. He has been really most kind and paternal...”