converse
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
converse1
▶verb /kənˈvəːs/ engage in conversation. ▶noun /ˈkɒnvəːs/ archaic conversation.
– derivatives
converser noun.
converser noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from OFr. converser, from L. conversari ‘keep company (with)’, from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
converse2 /ˈkɒnvəːs/
▶noun a situation, fact, or statement that is the opposite of another.
■ Mathematics a theorem whose hypothesis and conclusion are the conclusion and hypothesis of another.
▶adjective opposite.– derivatives
conversely adverb.
conversely adverb.
'converse' also found in these Oxford entries:
collocutor
- collogue
- colloquium
- confabulate
- conversant
- conversazione
- dialogue
- exedra
- moot
- schmooze
