converse: Meaning and Definition of

con•verse

1. to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
2. to maintain a familiar association (usually fol. by with).
3. to have sexual intercourse (usually fol. by with).

1. familiar discourse or talk; conversation.

con•verse

1. opposite or contrary in direction, action, sequence, etc.; turned around.

1. something opposite or contrary.
1. a proposition obtained from another proposition by conversion.
2. the relation between two terms, one of which is related to the other in a given manner, as “younger than” to “older than.”
3. a group of words correlative with a preceding group but having a significant pair of terms interchanged, as “hot in winter but cold in summer” and “cold in winter but hot in summer.”

Con•verse

1. 1871–1940, U.S. composer.