Converse



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解释

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• v. 谈话; adj. 逆向的; n. 相反的事物
• ［英］ adj. 逆向的 ( opposite)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English convers, from Anglo-French converse, from converser
• Date: 15th century
• 1. archaic social interaction
• 2. conversation

II. intransitive verb (conversed; conversing)

• Etymology: Middle English, to live (with), from Anglo-French converser, from Latin conversari
• Date: 1520
• 1. archaic
  • a. to have acquaintance or familiarity
  • b. to become occupied or engaged
• 2.
  • a. to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech ; talk
  • b. to carry on an exchange similar to a conversation (as with a computer)
• ? converser noun

III. 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 ”

IV. adjective

• Date: 1794
• 1. reversed in order, relation, or action
• 2. being a logical or mathematical converse <the converse theorem
• ? conversely adverb

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