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单词 conversant
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conversant

(kənvɜːʳsənt)
adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you are conversant with something, you are familiar with it and able to deal with it.
[formal]
Those in business are not, on the whole, conversant with basic scientific principles. [+ with]

conversant in British English

(kənˈvɜːsənt)
adjective
(usually postpositive; and foll by with)
experienced (in), familiar (with), or acquainted (with)
Derived forms
conversance (conˈversance) or conversancy (conˈversancy)
noun
conversantly (conˈversantly)
adverb

conversant in American English

(kənˈvɜrsənt; ˈkɑnvərsənt)
adjective
familiar or acquainted (with), esp. as a result of study or experience; versed (in)
Derived forms
conversance (conˈversance)
noun or conˈversancy
conversantly (conˈversantly)
adverb
Word origin
ME conversaunt < OFr conversant < L conversans, prp. of conversari: see converse1

Examples of 'conversant' in a sentence
conversant

They were twin ghosts in the same machine, and in the instant of his entering entirely conversant with each other.
Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2001)

phrase

See conversant with

Nearby words of
conversant

  • converge
  • converge on something
  • convergence
  • conversant
  • conversant with
  • conversation
  • conversational

Related terms of
conversant

  • conversant with

Synonyms of 'conversant'

conversant

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