different between declare vs converse

English

Etymology

From Old French declarer, from Latin d?cl?r? (“to make clear”), from d?- + cl?rus (“clear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??kle?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??kl??/, /d??kl??/

Verb

declare (third-person singular simple present declares, present participle declaring, simple past and past participle declared)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XV:

     Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.

   • 1664, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours

     To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies […] are exactly smooth.

2. (intransitive) To make a declaration.

   Synonyms: disclose, make known; see also Thesaurus:announce

3. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score.
4. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.

5. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
6. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.

   (cricket) declare (an innings) closed

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     One South Korean opposition party called on Moon to declare the current air pollution problem a national disaster.

7. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result

8. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
9. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
   • 1984, Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time, 2 April:

     The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.

10. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
11. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• cedrela, cleared, creedal, relaced

Portuguese

Verb

declare

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of declarar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of declarar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of declarar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of declarar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de?klare]

Verb

declare

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of declara
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of declara

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?kla?e/, [d?e?kla.?e]

Verb

declare

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of declarar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of declarar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of declarar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of declarar.

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)

1. (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.

2. 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.

   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion

     But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.

3. (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

Derived terms

• conversation

Translations

Noun

converse

2. (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.

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)

1. opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal

Noun

converse (plural converses)

1. the opposite or reverse
2. (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.

4. (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

1. feminine singular of convers

Verb

converse

1. first-person singular present indicative of converser
2. third-person singular present indicative of converser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of converser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of converser
5. second-person singular imperative of converser

Italian

Alternative forms

• convergé (rare)

Verb

converse

1. third-person singular past historic of convergere

Anagrams

• conserve, scernevo

Latin

Participle

converse

1. vocative masculine singular of conversus

Portuguese

Verb

converse

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of conversar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of conversar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of conversar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of conversar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom?be?se/, [kõm?be?.se]

Verb

converse

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conversar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conversar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conversar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of conversar.