converse
IPA: kˈɑnvɝs
noun
- (now literary) Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
- The opposite or reverse.
- (logic) Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.
- (semantics) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
- A surname.
- A shoe of an American-based brand of that name.
verb
- (formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
- (followed by with) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
- (obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
adjective
- Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.
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Examples of "converse" in Sentences
- The converse holds in compression.
- Chapman conversed with the housekeeper.
- Is the term converse here used in its logical meaning?
- _Contrast'_ the two. converse Did you _converse'_ with him?
- You don't hear of a lot of women raping men, but the converse is a major social problem.
- V. ii.744 (463,8) [In the converse of breath] Perhaps _converse_ may, in this line, mean _interchange_.
- But the converse is also true: The I.P. addresses Google collects, when combined with other information, can sometimes identify an individual, or a household.
- Historically, the converse is the case: attempts to weaken [a sovereign] either destroy it, resulting in chaos and death, or force it to compensate by enlarging, resulting in the familiar “red-giant state.”