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converse

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/kənˈvɜːs/ English

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noun

  1. Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

verb

  1. To talk; to engage in conversation
  2. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with
  3. To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study

noun

  1. The opposite or reverse
  2. Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true." equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs".“All trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true.”
  3. One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym

adjective

  1. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal“a converse proposition”

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