conversationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən/A1 (a) talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings, and ideas are expressed, questions are asked and answered, or news and information is exchanged:
She had a strange conversation with the man who moved in upstairs.
It's impossible to hold/carry on a conversation with all this noise going on!
I struck up (= started) an interesting conversation with your uncle.
Because of television, many people have lost the art of conversation (= talking to each other).
Whenever I'm in a social situation with my boss, we seem to run out of conversation (= things to say to each other) after two minutes!
More examples
- She fell into a conversation with a man at the bar.
- There are certain topics of conversation that are not suitable for polite society.
- She completely monopolized the conversation at lunch.
- Brother Michael and Brother John were deep in conversation.
- I wish Dad would stop listening in on my phone conversations.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Informal talking & conversation
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- bants
- blarney
- chatter
- chew
- confab
- conversation-stopper
- exchange
- gas
- jaw
- make yourself understood idiom
- natter
- orally
- pass
- pillow talk
- shoptalk
- talk shop idiom
- understand
- vox pop
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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Idiom(s)
make conversation