Search results
- Dictionaryconverse
noun
- 1. a situation, object, or statement that is the reverse of another or corresponds to it but with certain terms transposed: "if spirituality is properly political, the converse is also true: politics is properly spiritual"
adjective
- 1. having characteristics which are the reverse of something else already mentioned: "the only mode of change will be the slow process of growth and the converse process of decay"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
Apr 26, 2011 · Converse: "If I buy a pair of pants tomorrow, I have received $100 in the mail today." Inverse: "If I have not received $100 in the mail today, I will not buy a pair of pants tomorrow." The truth or falsehood of the original hypothesis is not equivalent to either the converse or the inverse, but the converse and the inverse are equivalent to each other.
17. Conversate is a back-formation from conversation, similar to orientate (which is quite common in the UK), administrate, and others. While some back-formations can even become standard, conversate is decidedly nonstandard. However, it is not surprising that you have heard it used, because it is a word that is employed in some dialects.
Oct 24, 2015 at 20:15. 1. @Cameron If you're writing academic lit-crit, you may use your own private language. That said, given the proposition "If p, then q", the statement "If not p, then not q" is the inverse. The converse switches p and q: "If q, then p." Neither is logically equivalent to the original. – deadrat.
Aug 14, 2020 · I've seen different sources (linguistics textbooks, online sources) classify the pair as "reversive" or as "relational/converse" antonyms. More generally, it seems sources vary in their coverage of the main antonym types--they all discuss gradable and binary/complementary pairs, but some give reversives and not converse and vice versa.
Oct 5, 2014 · In the converse manner or order; as the converse; by conversion. This appears to be more restricted, as it implies the opposite direction. For example, if A then B; conversely, if B then A. (Wiktionary has a similar definition.) Other dictionaries include both definitions. From The Free Dictionary, In a contrary or opposite way; on the other hand.
May 11, 2012 · To address words or discourse to (a person); to talk to, converse with. to speak to (see quot. 1837), so as to have conversation or personal acquaintance with one. Freq. in the phr. ‘to know (one) to speak to’. c825 Vesp. Psalter xlix. 7 [Ic] sprecu to Israhela folce. 971 Blickl. Hom. 141 Heo spræc to þæm weorode & cwæþ [etc.].
Apr 14, 2022 · Can abjure and abnegate be used interchangeably? I see that abjure is defined as "solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim)" and abnegate as "renounce or reject (something desire...
Sep 30, 2018 · @KarlG If I had to simplify your answer, it'd be, "Nothing is stopping Gina from linguistic relativism, but she will pay for deviations from descriptive definitions socially, to a degree that is proportional to the amount of deviation (i.e. a slight variation on a dictionary definition yields less confusion and fewer social consequences than a definition that means the 'polar opposite' of the dictionary definition)".
Nov 14, 2015 · The word is Marcorubian, of course. 'Philosophy' may be derived from 'love of wisdom', but it doesn't mean 'love of wisdom' any more. You can ask about words that mean 'hatred of wisdom' but they won't be the converse of philosophy. In modern english, "anti-intellectualism" is the word that communicates this meaning.
In particular, I want to ask if we have the term "conserved food". E.g. I have ordered some of your favorite dishes, like chicken, pork, and [conserved/preserved] fish. This is a question in o...
