Conversation
31conversation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Social talk Nouns 1. conversation, interlocution, intercourse; collocution, colloquy, converse, discussion, talkfest; confabulation; talk, discourse, social intercourse; oral communication, communion,… …
32conversation*/*/*/ — [ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] 1) an informal talk between two or more people He s so boring – his only topic of conversation is football.[/ex] conversations between friends[/ex] a conversation with my neighbour[/ex] She had a long telephone… …
33conversation — noun Etymology: Middle English conversacioun, from Anglo French conversacion, from Latin conversation , conversatio, from conversari to associate with, frequentative of convertere to turn around Date: 14th century 1. obsolete conduct, behavior 2 …
34conversation — /kon veuhr say sheuhn/, n. 1. informal interchange of thoughts, information, etc., by spoken words; oral communication between persons; talk; colloquy. 2. an instance of this. 3. association or social intercourse; intimate acquaintance. 4. See… …
35conversation — 1. noun /ˌkɒnvəˈseɪʃən,ˌkɑnvɚˈseɪʃən/ a) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a persons way of life. The landlady therefore would by no means have admitted any conversation of a disreputable kind to pass under her roof. b) Expression and… …
36conversation — Manner of living; behavior habits of life; conduct; as in the phrase chaste life and conversation. Criminal conversation means seduction of another man s wife, considered as an actionable injury to the husband. See criminal (criminal… …
37conversation — Manner of living; behavior habits of life; conduct; as in the phrase chaste life and conversation. Criminal conversation means seduction of another man s wife, considered as an actionable injury to the husband. See criminal (criminal… …
38conversation — n. 1 the informal exchange of ideas by spoken words. 2 an instance of this. Phrases and idioms: conversation piece 1 a small genre painting of a group of figures. 2 a thing that serves as a topic of conversation because of its unusualness etc.… …
39conversation — obsolete copulation The usage must have led to widespread embarrassment and misunderstanding: His conversation with Shaw s wife. (Shakespeare, Richard III) See also criminal conversation …
40conversation — con•ver•sa•tion [[t]ˌkɒn vərˈseɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) informal spoken interchange of thoughts, information, etc.; oral communication between people 2) an instance of this 3) an interchange resembling spoken conversation 4) the ability to talk socially… …
