Converseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kənˈvɜːs/
• (米国発音) enPR: kənvûrs', IPA: /kənˈvɝs/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)s

動詞

converse (third-person singular simple present converses, present participle conversing, simple past and past participle conversed)

1. (formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.

   Synonyms: (nonstandard) conversate, (informal) convo, (formal) discourse; see also Thesaurus:converse

   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

     Companions […]
     That do converse and waste the time together.

   • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:

     We had conversed so often on that subject.

2. (followed by with) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune.
   • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

     To seek the distant hills, and there converse
     With nature.

   • 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion:

     But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.

   • 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:

     Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions.

3. (obsolete) To have knowledge of something, from long talk or study.
   • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:

     according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety

派生語

名詞

converse (uncountable)

1. (now literary) Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
   • 1727, [Edward Young], “Satire V. On Women.”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC:

     Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalms and chapters for the day […]

   • 1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter III, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, page 93:

     [R]eturn to thy maſter, and tell him, e'er vve liquidate our differences by the ſvvord, Manfred vvould hold ſome converſe vvith him.

   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 177:

     She had around her gay converse, in which she had no share; and laughter, in which she was little tempted to join.

   • 1919, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Disappearance of Crispina Umerleigh”, in R[othay] R[eynolds], editor, The Toys of Peace and Other Papers. […], London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […], →OCLC:

     In a first-class carriage of a train speeding Balkanward across the flat, green Hungarian plain, two Britons sat in friendly, fitful converse.

   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 26:

     [S]uch was the aberration of mind attending converse with a successful draper.

語源 2

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒnvɜːs/
• (米国発音) enPR: kŏn'vûrs, IPA: /ˈkɑnvɝs/

形容詞

converse (not comparable)

1. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.

   a converse proposition

名詞

converse (plural converses)

1. The opposite or reverse.
2. (logic) Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.

   All trout are fish, but the converse, that all fish are trout, is not true.

3. (semantics) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym.
4. (graph theory) Synonym of transpose.

派生語

• conversely

アナグラム

• Cervones, conserve, coveners, encovers