converse

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Literary

n. the act of talking or exchanging ideas with others.

n. the social exchange of thoughts or feelings through speech.

“They enjoyed a quiet hour of converse by the fireplace.”

“The poet found more solace in the silent converse of nature than in the noisy debates of the city.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Mathematics Academic · Technical

n. the opposite of a fact or statement.

n. a proposition or theorem formed by reversing the order of the terms of another.

“If all cats are animals, the converse—that all animals are cats—is not true.”

“While the theorem holds true in Euclidean geometry, the converse is not necessarily valid in non-Euclidean spaces.”

C1 · Advanced Academic · Formal

adj. opposite or reversed in position or order.

adj. reversed in order, relation, or action; reciprocal.

“The two scientists reached converse conclusions despite using the same data.”

“The legal team argued that the converse interpretation of the statute would lead to an absurd and unenforceable result.”