conversation
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
How often you will meet it
Rank 670 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,523 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
conversation in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Her conversation, I soon found, was couched in the telegraphic style.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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This was certainly rather an abrupt and unconnected mode of commencing conversation.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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She was good-natured and disposed to talk, and, with Emily Fox-Seton's genial assistance, conversation flowed.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Like an hermit (rather should I say a lonely anchorite) am I forced from human conversation.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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The conversation would then pass to the merits of Father Philemy and Father Con, as Confessors.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1