conversation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.

   I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.

2. 2
   noun

   Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.

   Yt chaunſed thatt a whole yere they had their converſacion with the congregacion there / and taught moche people in ſomoche thatt the diſciples off Antioche wer the fyrſt that wer called Chriſten.

3. 3
   noun

   Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.

   Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

4. 4
   noun

   Sexual intercourse.

   criminal conversation

5. 5
   noun

   Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.

   So grosse is our conuersation, and dull is our apprehension: while mortall Sense, in vs, ruleth the common wealth of our litle world.

6. 6
   verb

   To engage in conversation (with).

   Gone now are the "high-minded" style, the "adapted from literature" feel, the voice-over narration, and the abstract conversationing about ideas, values...

7. 7
   noun

   the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

8. 8
   noun

   The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.

Etymology

From Middle English conversacioun, from Old French conversacion and its etymon, Latin conversātiōnem, accusative singular of conversātiō (“conversation”), from conversor (“abide, keep company with”). Doublet of conversazione. Morphologically converse + -ation.