n.
Pronunciation: ' kän- ˌ v ə rs
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin conversus, past participle of convertere
Date: 1570
: something reversed in order, relation, or action: as a : a theorem formed by interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of a given theorem b : a proposition obtained by interchange of the subject and predicate of a given proposition < “ no P is S ” is the converse of “ no S is P ” >