conversation
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conversation
- /ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩/ UK
- [ˌkʰɒɱ.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩] UK
- /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/ Atlantic Canada, US
- [ˌkʰɑɱ.vɚˈseɪ.ʃn̩] Atlantic Canada, US
- /ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩/ Canada, dialectal
- [ˌkʰɒɱ.vəˈseɪ.ʃn̩] Canada, dialectal
- /ˌkɔn.vəˈsæɪ.ʃn̩/ Australia
- [ˌkʰɔɱ.vəˈsæɪ.ʃn̩] Australia
- [ˌkɔ̟n.vəˈsæɪ.ʃn̩] New Zealand
- [ˌkʰɔ̟ɱ.vəˈsæɪ.ʃn̩] New Zealand
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Displaced native Old English wordlaþu. Doublet of conversazione.
Morphologically converse + -ation.
noun conversations
- 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.
- Dialogue or interaction regarding a topic.
- 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.
- Sexual intercourse. criminal conversation
- 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 conversations · conversationing · conversationed
- 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...
