converse
gb/kˈɑnvɚs/ us/kˈɑnvɚs/
B2
อังกฤษ
~ 5900
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
formal
B2
action
1
to talk with someone
To talk with someone in a polite or thoughtful way.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to converse with [someone] about [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes say *conversate* instead of *converse*; *conversate* is non-standard in most varieties of English. Many also confuse *converse* (verb) with *conversation* (noun); remember that *converse* is the action, and *have a conversation* is the phrase with the noun.
คำพ้องความหมาย
talk (Most general and common word; less formal than "converse".)
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chat (Suggests light, informal talk; "converse" can sound more serious or thoughtful.)
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discuss (Focuses on exchanging opinions about a specific topic; "converse" is more general.)
คำตรงข้าม
ignore (Not paying attention to someone instead of talking with them.)
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be silent (Not speaking at all instead of exchanging words.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
converse with friends
|converse freely
|converse fluently
|converse in [a language]
|converse about [something]
หัวข้อ
communication
|social life
|daily_life
ตัวอย่าง
- Guests were encouraged to mingle and converse with people they didn’t know.
- We spent the entire train ride conversing about politics and culture.
- She can converse fluently in three languages.
- It was difficult to converse with him over the loud music.
- They often converse late into the night about books and philosophy.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I like to converse with my grandparents about their lives.
- In class, students often converse in English only.
- We sat in a café and conversed for two hours.
- He is shy and does not easily converse with strangers.
unknown
formal
C1
property
2
being the opposite case
Describing something that is the exact opposite of another thing.
รูปแบบการใช้:
the converse [situation/effect/relationship]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse this adjective with the verb *converse* meaning "to talk". When *converse* means "opposite", it is usually used before a noun (e.g., *converse effect*) or in phrases like *the converse is also true*.
คำพ้องความหมาย
opposite (Most common general word; *converse* sounds more formal and is used especially in academic or technical contexts.)
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reverse (Similar meaning, but often stresses order or direction; *converse* focuses more on logical or relational opposition.)
คำตรงข้าม
same (Describes something not different or opposite.)
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equivalent (Indicates two things have the same value or effect, not an opposite one.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
converse effect
|converse relationship
|converse situation
|converse case
|in the converse direction
หัวข้อ
logic
|mathematics
|science
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- In some countries, the rich and poor live in completely converse conditions.
- The drug can have converse effects depending on the dose.
- Their public image and their private behavior are often in converse relation.
- While her brother is outgoing, she has a very converse personality.
- The two teams followed converse strategies: one attacked constantly, the other defended deeply.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- In this study, we saw converse results in men and women.
- The two ideas are not the same; they are converse.
- Hot and cold are converse states.
- Sometimes the converse situation can also happen.
คำนาม
formal
C1
entity
3
the opposite of something
The thing that is the opposite of another thing.
รูปแบบการใช้:
the converse of [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may not realize that *the converse* almost always needs *the* and usually refers back to a previous statement: *You say X; I believe the converse.* It is not used to mean any random "conversation."
คำพ้องความหมาย
opposite (Most general term; *the converse* is used more in formal or logical discussion.)
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reverse (Similar in meaning, but sometimes suggests order or direction more than logical relation.)
คำตรงข้าม
equivalent (Describes something that has the same value or effect, rather than being opposite.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
the converse
|in the converse
|the converse of this
|prove the converse
|the converse holds
หัวข้อ
logic
|mathematics
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- You argue that stress causes illness; I would say the converse, that illness can cause stress.
- If A implies B, we must check whether the converse is also true.
- The study found that the converse of the previous claim did not hold.
- We know this statement is true, but its converse remains unproven.
- He believes that freedom leads to responsibility, but the converse may also apply.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- You think money brings happiness; some people believe the converse.
- This rule is true, but we do not know if the converse is true.
- Scientists tested the converse of the old idea.
- In this case, the converse does not work.
คำนาม
technical
C2
entity
4
reversed form of a conditional
In math or logic, the new sentence you get when you change "If A, then B" to "If B, then A."
รูปแบบการใช้:
the converse of [a statement/theorem]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse *converse* with *inverse* or *contrapositive* in logic. The converse only swaps the "if" and "then" parts; it does not add *not* or change truth values automatically.
คำพ้องความหมาย
reverse implication (Describes a similar idea but is less standard as a set term than *converse* in logic.)
คำตรงข้าม
original statement (The starting conditional statement before its parts are reversed.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
converse of a theorem
|converse of the statement
|true converse
|false converse
|prove the converse
หัวข้อ
logic
|mathematics
|education
|science
ตัวอย่าง
- In geometry, you must check whether the converse of the theorem is also valid.
- The statement is true, but its converse is false.
- Students were asked to write the converse of each conditional sentence.
- The proof of the converse turned out to be much harder than the original result.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- In class, we learned how to find the converse of a conditional.
- Sometimes a rule is true, but its converse is not true.
- Please write the converse of the sentence: "If a figure is a square, then it has four sides."
คำนาม
archaic
C2
event
5
an instance of conversation
An old-fashioned word meaning a talk between people.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to hold converse with [someone]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Modern learners sometimes think this noun sense is still common because they see it in older literature. In everyday modern English, use *conversation* instead of *converse* as a noun.
คำพ้องความหมาย
conversation (Modern standard term; *converse* in this sense is now rare and literary.)
คำตรงข้าม
silence (The absence of talking or conversation.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
hold converse with
|in quiet converse
|pleasant converse
|private converse
หัวข้อ
communication
|literature
|daily_life
ตัวอย่าง
- In the old novel, gentlemen and ladies engaged in quiet converse by the fire.
- He sought private converse with the king to present his request.
- Their brief converse left a deep impression on him.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- In this old story, two friends sit in converse for many hours.
- The poet writes about his evening converse with a stranger.
- You may see this word for conversation in very old books.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
converse
IPA
GB/kˈɑnvɚs/
US/kˈɑnvɚs/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
con - verse (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (con)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: converse
- Plural: converse
Verb
- Base: converse
- 3rd Person Singular: converses
- Present Participle: conversing
- Past: conversed
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
converses
verb
conversing
verb
conversed
verb
Core family
conversation
noun A2
conversational
adjective
Related words
conversationalist
noun
conversationally
adverb
Advanced or less common
conversant
adjective
วลีและสำนวน
converse with
1/kˈɑnvɚs wˈɪθ/
fixed phrase
formal
talk with someone
To talk with someone, often in a calm or polite way.
ตัวอย่าง
- During the break, participants had time to converse with the speakers.
- She enjoys conversing with people from different cultures.
- Residents were invited to converse with local officials about the new plan.
the converse is true
1/ðə kˈɑnvɚs ˈɪz tɹˈu/
fixed phrase
formal
the opposite statement is also true
Used to say that the opposite of a statement is also correct.
ตัวอย่าง
- If exercise can improve mood, the converse is true as well: lack of exercise can worsen it.
- The study shows that wealth reduces stress, but we cannot assume that the converse is true.
- In this case, both the original statement and the converse are true.