conversations

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

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Where does conversations come from?

The word conversations 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.