converse1
verb /kənˈvɜːs/
/kənˈvɜːrs/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they converse | /kənˈvɜːs/ /kənˈvɜːrs/ |
| he / she / it converses | /kənˈvɜːsɪz/ /kənˈvɜːrsɪz/ |
| past simple conversed | /kənˈvɜːst/ /kənˈvɜːrst/ |
| past participle conversed | /kənˈvɜːst/ /kənˈvɜːrst/ |
| -ing form conversing | /kənˈvɜːsɪŋ/ /kənˈvɜːrsɪŋ/ |
- converse (with somebody) to have a conversation with somebody
- She conversed with the Romanians in French.
- The two men were conversing on music and opera.
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with)’, from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th cent.