I. verb
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The conference gave me an opportunity to meet and converse with VIPs in relaxed surroundings.
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We met once and conversed briefly. That was the extent of our acquaintance.
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Currently, such creatures are not able to converse , creating instead relationships closer to the family pet.
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He sat down, and people began to converse loudly with one another.
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How I wish that but once before you banish me we might converse together on fragrant subjects!
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Indeed, the fact that not many people can converse comfortably about antennas and atmospheric conditions is part of the appeal.
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The Major encouraged him, then walked him round in a circle, conversing with him in low reassuring tones.
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They also valued her ability to converse with them in Quechua, albeit in limited fashion.
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Though shy, he conversed quite pleasantly.
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To converse intelligently these days, you better know your acronyms.
II. noun
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But the subtler, and perhaps unintended, point of her observation is also the converse .
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For better or worse, the converse was my response to this new life.
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High achievers in technically demanding fields are always intelligent although the converse is not true.
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The guiding principle of the Okapi research is that the system must adapt itself to the user rather than the converse .
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This is supposed to reduce the amount of herbicide used in spraying fields, but in practice the converse happens.
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This is the converse of the main theme of Chapter 2.
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Usually, a pregnant goat will not come on heat, but there are exceptions to both this and its converse .
III. adjective
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a converse opinion
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A converse example was also seen in which two separate loops brightened and merged.
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At other times, converse sets of taboos could be quite useful.
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If depression is related to heart disease, then high levels of self-esteem might well have the converse effect.