converse

/kənˈvɜːs//kənˈvɝs/

noun

  1. 1

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

verb

  1. 1

    To talk; to engage in conversation

  2. 2

    To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with

  3. 3

    To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study

noun

  1. 1

    The opposite or reverse

  2. 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. 3

    One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym

adjective

  1. 1

    Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal

    a converse proposition

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