conversation
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From Old French conversation, from Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”).
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Noun
conversation (plural conversations)
- (obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse between people.
- (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 333:
- The landlady therefore would by no means have admitted any conversation of a disreputable kind to pass under her roof.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 333:
- (archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p. 50:
- There are many that take no heed what happeneth to others by bad conversation , and therefore overthrow themselves in the same manner through their own fault, not foreseeing dangers manifest.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p. 50:
- Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
- I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.
- (fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
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Usage notes
- To make conversation means to start a conversation with someone with no other aim than to talk and break the silence.
- To have a conversation, and to hold a conversation, both mean to converse.
- See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
Verb
to conversation (third-person singular simple present conversations, present participle conversationing, simple past and past participle conversationed)
- (nonstandard, ambitransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
- 1983, James Frederick Mason, Hélène Joséphine Harvitt, The French review
- Gone now are the "high-minded" style, the "adapted from literature" feel, the voice-over narration, and the abstract conversationing about ideas, values...
- 1989, Robert L Gale, A Henry James encyclopedia
- ...he has breakfasted me, dined me, conversationed me, absolutely caressed me. He has been really most kind and paternal...
- 2002, Georgie Nickell, I Only Smoke on Thursdays
- After all this conversationing, Scottie, my usual dance partner, was getting antsy and wanted to dance.
- 1983, James Frederick Mason, Hélène Joséphine Harvitt, The French review
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conversātiō (“conversation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /ko~.vER.sa.sjo~/
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- Homophones: conversations
- Hyphenation: con‧ver‧sa‧tion
Noun
conversation f. (plural conversations)
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Derived terms
- avoir de la conversation
- conversationnel
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