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      conversation
      noun
      Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
      (computing, networking) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
      (fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
      (obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
      (archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
      (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
      (obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
      verb
      (nonstandard, ambitransitive) To engage in conversation (with).
      Roots
      vertovers- · Latin · turn
      Synonyms for conversation
      colloquyndialoguenchatntalkvdebatenconfabulationnpalavernspeakingninteractionnprattlen
      Words related to conversation
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      Where does conversation come from?

      The word conversation breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root vers-, from Latin verto (“turn”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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