{
    "term": "converse",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "converse",
            "heSheIt": "converses"
        },
        "pastSimple": "conversed",
        "pastParticiple": "conversed",
        "ingForm": "conversing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have a conversation with somebody",
            "sensetop": "converse (with somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She conversed with the Romanians in French."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two men were conversing on music and opera."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːs/",
                "audio": "xc/converse/xconverse__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːsɪz/",
                "audio": "xc/converse/xconverses__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːst/",
                "audio": "xc/converse/xconversed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/converse/xconversing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːrs/",
                "audio": "xc/converse/xconverse__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːrsɪz/",
                "audio": "xc/converse/xconverses__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːrst/",
                "audio": "xc/converse/xconversed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈvɜːrsɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/converse/xconversing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘live among, be familiar with’): from Old French converser, from Latin conversari ‘keep company (with)’, from con- ‘with’ + versare, frequentative of vertere ‘to turn’. The current sense of the verb dates from the early 17th cent."
}