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converse
English
Etymology 1
From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?v??s/
- (US) enPR: k?nvûrs', IPA(key): /k?n?v?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Verb
converse (third-person singular simple present converses, present participle conversing, simple past and past participle conversed)
- (formal, intransitive) to talk; to engage in conversation
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- We had conversed so often on that subject.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- to keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with
- 1727, James Thomson, Summer
- To seek the distant hills, and there converse
With nature.
- To seek the distant hills, and there converse
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.
- 1727, James Thomson, Summer
- (obsolete) to have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study
- 1689-1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II
- according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety
- 1689-1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II
Derived terms
- conversation
Translations
Noun
converse
- (now literary) free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
- 1728, Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire V, On Women, lines 44-46:
- Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalms and chapters for the day […]
- 1919, Saki, ‘The Disappearance of Crispina Umerleigh’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 405:
- In a first-class carriage of a train speeding Balkanward across the flat, green Hungarian plain, two Britons sat in friendly, fitful converse.
- 1728, Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire V, On Women, lines 44-46:
Etymology 2
From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nv??s/
- (US) enPR: k?n'vûrs, IPA(key): /?k?nv?s/
Adjective
converse (not comparable)
- opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal
Noun
converse (plural converses)
- the opposite or reverse
- (logic) of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true."
equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs".- All trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true.
- (semantics) one of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym
Derived terms
- conversely
Translations
Anagrams
- Cervones, conserve, coveners, encovers
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
converse f sg
- feminine singular of convers
Verb
converse
- first-person singular present indicative of converser
- third-person singular present indicative of converser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of converser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of converser
- second-person singular imperative of converser
Italian
Alternative forms
- convergé (rare)
Verb
converse
- third-person singular past historic of convergere
Anagrams
- conserve, scernevo
Latin
Participle
converse
- vocative masculine singular of conversus
Portuguese
Verb
converse
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of conversar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of conversar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of conversar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of conversar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kom?be?se/, [kõm?be?.se]
Verb
converse
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conversar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conversar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conversar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of conversar.
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announce
English
Etymology
From Old French anoncier, from Latin ann?nti?re, from ad + n?nti? (“report, relate”), from n?ntius (“messenger, bearer of news”). See nuncio, and compare with annunciate.
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: ?-nouns', IPA(key): /??na?ns/
- (UK) enPR: ?-nouns', IPA(key): /??na?ns/; enPR: ?'nouns, IPA(key): /?æ.na?ns/
- Rhymes: -a?ns
Verb
announce (third-person singular simple present announces, present participle announcing, simple past and past participle announced)
- (transitive) to give public notice, especially for the first time; to make known
- c. 1780 William Gilpin, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain
- Her [Queen Elizabeth’s] arrival was announced through the country by a peal of cannon from the ramparts.
- Synonyms: proclaim, publish, make known, herald, declare, promulgate
- c. 1780 William Gilpin, Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain
- (transitive) to pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence
- c. 1718, Matthew Prior, First Hymn of Callimachus
- Publish laws, announce / Or life or death.
- Synonyms: abjudicate, judge
- c. 1718, Matthew Prior, First Hymn of Callimachus
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:announce
Derived terms
Translations
References
- announce in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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