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The correct spelling is converse.
How to pronounce converse
/kənˈvɜːs/
nounIPA: /kənˈvɜːs/
Say it like: Con-ver-se
The correct spelling is converse. Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat. For example: "All trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true."
Usage Examples
“All trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true.”
“a converse proposition”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
- 2.The opposite or reverse
- 3.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".
- 4.One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym
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
adjective
- 1.Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal
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