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converse 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/kənˈvərs/,
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conversed, past tense; conversed, past participle; converses, 3rd person singular present; conversing, present participle;
  1. Having characteristics that are the reverse of something else already mentioned
    • - the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay
Verb
  1. Engage in conversation
    • - he fell in beside her and they began to converse amicably
Noun
  1. A situation, object, or statement that is the reverse of another, or that corresponds to it but with certain terms transposed
    • - if spirituality is properly political, the converse is also true: politics is properly spiritual
  2. A theorem whose hypothesis and conclusion are the conclusion and hypothesis of another

  1. carry on a conversation
  2. a proposition obtained by conversion
  3. of words so related that one reverses the relation denoted by the other; "`parental' and `filial' are converse terms"
  4. turned about in order or relation; "transposed letters"
  5. (conversely) with the terms of the relation reversed; "conversely, not all women are mothers"
  6. Converse is an American shoe company that has been making shoes since the early 20th century.
  7. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat; To talk; to engage in conversation
  8. (conversely) An adverb used to introduce a concept with terms similar to a previous one, but in reversed order or sense.
  9. Measurements, which follow the reverse order of the natural zodiac, used primarily to direct or progress a horoscope backward in time. ...
  10. v. ~ (about sth); ~ (together) (fml ) talk
  11. a reversed conditional; if a conditional is pq, than its converse is qp
  12. is from the Latin roots com(great or intense) + vertere (to turn). The literal meaning is "to turn away". The verb converse (as in conversation), which has the same spelling, is from a completely different root.
  13. The converse of a theorem (or statement) is formed by taking the conclusion as the starting?point and having the starting?point as the conciusion. Though any theorem can be re-formed in this way, the result may or may not be true and it needs its own proof.
  14. In show biz, old stars wind up playing grandparents on TV sitcoms. In shoe biz, old stars are applauded as hip, cool icons on Broadway.
  15. Definition: semantic translation technique or strategy in which the translation uses an alternative (usually) verbal structure which expresses the same state of affairs from an opposing viewpoint, such as changing A bought X from B to B sold X to A. ...
  16. A reversed conditional statement. The "if" and "then" parts of the conditional statement are switched.
  17. n. (logic) An implication which results from interchanging the hypothesis and conclusion of another implication
  18. The converse of the statement 'if a number ends in zero it is divisible by ten' is 'if a number is divisible by ten, then it ends in zero'.
  19. A claim formed by switching subject and predicate terms of a categorical claim.  E- and I-claims are equivalent to their converses.
  20. Rupert is often seen in Converse, even on the Red Carpet. His favourite pair appears to be the Union Jack ones of the ‘The Who’ collection.