converse
noun
- reverse of a categorical or hypothetical proposition
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L335621 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to make conversation
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnvɜːs/ / /ˈkɑnvɝs/ / /kənˈvɜːs/ / /kənˈvɝs/
adj
Etymology: From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”).
- Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.
“a converse proposition”
name
Etymology: The athletic equipment company is named after its founder, Marquis Mills Converse.
- A surname.
- A shoe of an American-based brand of that name.
noun
Etymology: From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”).
- The opposite or reverse.
- Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.
“All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fish are trout, is not true.”
- One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
- Synonym of transpose.
verb
Etymology: From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”).
- To talk; to engage in conversation.
“Companions[…] That do converse and waste the time together.”
“We had conversed so often on that subject.”
- To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
“To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature.”
“But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.”
- To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study.
“according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety”