converse

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To talk with someone; to have a conversation.

   They sat by the fire and conversed for hours.

2. 2
   adj

   Opposite or reversed in order or relation.

   The converse statement is also true.

3. 3
   noun

   The opposite of a statement, with its parts reversed.

   All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fish are trout, is false.

From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”).

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