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Posted by : Aryani Kamis, 27 November 2014

Noun[edit]

conversation (plural conversations)

Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.] [quotations ▼]
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.
(obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others. [14th-18th c.] [quotations ▼]
(archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life. [from 14th c.] [quotations ▼]
(obsolete) Sexual intercourse. [16th-19th c.] [quotations ▼]
(computing) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.

Synonyms[edit]

(expression and exchange of ideas through talking): banter, chat, chinwag, dialogue, discussion, interlocution, powwow, table talk

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Usage notes[edit]

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

Translations[edit]

[show ▼]talking

[show ▼]fencing term

Verb[edit]

conversation (third-person singular simple present conversations, present participle conversationing, simple past and past participle conversationed)