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con·verse
/ˈkɑnˌvɚ/
相反的事物,倒,逆向(a.)相反的,逆向的,顛倒的(vi.)交談,談話,認識
From:
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converse
反的
From:
Network Terminology
converse
逆
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·verse
,
a.
Turned
about
;
reversed
in
order
or
relation
;
reciprocal
;
as
,
a
converse
proposition
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·verse
,
n.
1.
Logic
A
proposition
which
arises
from
interchanging
the
terms
of
another
,
as
by
putting
the
predicate
for
the
subject
,
and
the
subject
for
the
predicate
;
as
,
no
virtue
is
vice
,
no
vice
is
virtue
.
Note:
☞
It
should
not
(
as
is
often
done
)
be
confounded
with
the
contrary
or
opposite
of
a
proposition
,
which
is
formed
by
introducing
the
negative
not
or
no
.
2.
Math.
A
proposition
in
which
,
after
a
conclusion
from
something
supposed
has
been
drawn
,
the
order
is
inverted
,
making
the
conclusion
the
supposition
or
premises
,
what
was
first
supposed
becoming
now
the
conclusion
or
inference
.
Thus
,
if
two
sides
of
a
sides
of
a
triangle
are
equal
,
the
angles
opposite
the
sides
are
equal
;
and
the
converse
is
true
,
i.e.
,
if
these
angles
are
equal
,
the
two
sides
are
equal
.
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·verse
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Conversed
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Conversing
.]
1.
To
keep
company
;
to
hold
intimate
intercourse
;
to
commune
; --
followed
by
with
.
To
seek
the
distant
hills
,
and
there
converse
With
nature
. --
Thomson
.
Conversing
with
the
world
,
we
use
the
world's
fashions
.
--
Sir
W
.
Scott
.
But
to
converse
with
heaven
-
This
is
not
easy
. --
Wordsworth
.
2.
To
engage
in
familiar
colloquy
;
to
interchange
thoughts
and
opinions
in
a
free
,
informal
manner
;
to
chat
; --
followed
by
with
before
a
person
;
by
on
,
about
,
concerning
,
etc
.,
before
a
thing
.
Companions
That
do
converse
and
waste
the
time
together
. --
Shak
.
We
had
conversed
so
often
on
that
subject
.
--
Dryden
.
3.
To
have
knowledge
of
,
from
long
intercourse
or
study
; --
said
of
things
.
According
as
the
objects
they
converse
with
afford
greater
or
less
variety
.
--
Locke
.
Syn:
--
To
associate
;
commune
;
discourse
;
talk
;
chat
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Con·verse
n.
1.
Frequent
intercourse
;
familiar
communion
;
intimate
association
.
'
T
is
but
to
hold
Converse
with
Nature's
charms
,
and
view
her
stores
unrolled
. --
Byron
.
2.
Familiar
discourse
;
free
interchange
of
thoughts
or
views
;
conversation
;
chat
.
Formed
by
thy
converse
happily
to
steer
From
grave
to
gay
,
from
lively
to
severe
. --
Pope
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
converse
adj
1:
of
words
so
related
that
one
reverses
the
relation
denoted
by
the
other
; "`
parental
'
and
`
filial
'
are
converse
terms
"
2:
turned
about
in
order
or
relation
; "
transposed
letters
"
[
syn
:
reversed
,
transposed
]
n
:
a
proposition
obtained
by
conversion
v
:
carry
on
a
conversation
[
syn
:
discourse
]
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