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
Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2019
The 90-minute call, which included two interpreters to help her and the subject converse, went well.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
What’s more, conversational AI can deliver a human-like experience, addressing candidates by name, accepting voice notes and even conversing in multiple languages.
—James Cochrane-Dyet, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Scholars have written reams about negative coercion—threats to use violence or political and economic punishments—but its converse, positive coercion, is no less powerful.
—Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2019
The 90-minute call, which included two interpreters to help her and the subject converse, went well.
—Paresh Dave, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
Verb
The real question is whether a language itself has features that affect how its speakers think: Does conversing in Spanish for a month make objects seem more gendered?
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
What’s more, conversational AI can deliver a human-like experience, addressing candidates by name, accepting voice notes and even conversing in multiple languages.
—James Cochrane-Dyet, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for converse
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A touch of neurosis, a lot of laughs and plenty of profound insights could be found at The Hollywood Reporter’s Writer Roundtable, where six scribes who crafted seven of 2024’s top screenplays gathered for a lively conversation in November.Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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In another photo, the trio of ladies were immersed in conversation, as was Chalamet, and all four stars were smiling.Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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On her daytime talk show on Monday, Jan. 13, the actress and television personality chatted with SZA, and the pair bonded over inspiring one another, their relationships and more.Jen Juneau, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Barack Obama attended the funeral and sat next to Trump, where a clip of the two smiling and chatting away quickly became viral on social media.Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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But Reese dropped a reverse layup and set the stage for Cronin’s double technical fouls and ejection.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
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Desperate for a win, LA Knight locked in a reverse Boston Crab and that submission looked wild.Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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On June 1, 2024, the World Health Assembly adopted a major revision to its International Health Regulations (IHR), which ensure early detection and reporting of disease outbreaks and scientific exchange.Lawrence O. Gostin, Scientific American, 8 Jan. 2025
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The allegations, proven false, claimed the Bidens each received $5 million from executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma in exchange for political favors.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Like, a walking, talking, human-size chimp, portrayed and voiced by a combination of a motion-capture actor (Jonnie Davies), a musician (Adam Tucker), and Williams himself.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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Products will essentially talk to both consumers and retailers, enabling both real-time engagement and inventory management.Benjamin Claeys, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Headlines about Trump’s tariff plans also spooked investors, giving a boost to the dollar, which has an inverse relationship with bitcoin.Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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An inverse effect of the group chat’s casual, forgettable dialogue is that switching into a more earnest mode can be difficult.Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
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During the discussion, she was asked if she's ever been confused for another celebrity.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The topic ignited a firestorm of discussion on social media, and by Monday had made its way to ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show and FS1’s The Herd with Colin Cowherd.Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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But more significantly, the frustration that led to that penalty came out of something St. Louis has been wanting out of Caufield, so to punish him for providing what his coach wants from him would have been counter to that message.Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Simple Houseware Over-the-Cabinet Door Organizer Holder $20 $18 Amazon Especially short on counter and cupboard space?Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Converse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/converse. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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