conversation

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
2. (countable, uncountable) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
3. (countable, uncountable) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
5. (archaic, countable, uncountable) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.

Verb

To engage in conversation (with).

Synonyms

talk

🗣️

chat

discussion

discourse

dialogue

speech

conference

colloquy

debate

words

converse

gossip

dialog

talking

interview

utterances

speaking

🗣️

story

argumentation

word

chitchat

meeting

shmooze

interlocution

language

argument

address

parley

deliberation

chatter

confabulation

statement

interaction

telling

tete-a-tete

upkeep

voice

confab

communication

speaking together

collequy

disceptation

disquisitional

senseless talk

expression

convo

acquaintance

arguing

association

call

Translations

conversation

conversazione

conversación

Gespräch

Unterhaltung

Konversation

conversa

gesprek

🗣️

discorso

conversação

causerie

συνομιλία

conversa

konuşma

🗣️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: conversacioun

In summary

From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione.
Morphologically converse + -ation.

Sentences

He didn't want any conversation at this point .