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Definition: Conversation |
ConversationNoun1. Speech used for informal exchange of views. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "conversation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | CONVERSATION, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Bible | Conversation generally the goings out and in of social intercourse (Eph. 2:3; 4:22; R.V., "manner of life"); one's deportment or course of life. This word is never used in Scripture in the sense of verbal communication from one to another (Ps. 50:23; Heb. 13:5). In Phil. 1:27 and 3:20, a different Greek word is used. It there means one's relations to a community as a citizen, i.e., citizenship. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Post & Telecom | The exchange of information between the parties to a telegraph connection. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CONSORT | English | Conversation System with On-Line Remote Terminals | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ConversationSynonyms: chat, colloquy, commerce, communion, dialogue, discourse, familiarity, talk. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Conversation | Verb: talk together, converse, confabulate; hold on a conversation, carry on a conversation, join in a conversation, engage in a conversation; put in a word; shine in conversation; bandy words; parley; palaver; chat, gossip, tattle; prate; (loquacity); powwow. |
Noun: conversation, interlocution; collocution, colloquy, converse, confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse; oral communication, commerce; dialogue, duologue, trialogue. | |
Speech | Oration, recitation, delivery, say, speech, lecture, harangue, sermon, tirade, formal speech, peroration; speechifying; soliloquy; allocution; conversation; salutatory : screed: valedictory. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I don't think we've had a single conversation about anything except your father. (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick) Boring conversation anyways. (Episode IV: A New Hope; writing credit: George Lucas.) This conversation is not worthy of you! (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.) You would find the conversation a trifle one-sided. (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison) Jean? You didn't say one wrong thing that whole conversation. (Biloxi Blues; writing credit: Neil Simon) | |
Lyrics | It doesn't matter what the conversation (Invisible Man; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Dane DeViller, Sean Hosein, and Steve Kipner) Two months of conversation (Uh Huh; performing artist: B2K) I don't want clever conversation, (Just The Way You Are; performing artist: Billy Joel) There we were, lost in conversation (We Danced; performing artist: Brad Paisley) Quiet conversation makes me warm (Summer Rain; performing artist: Carl Thomas) | |
Clever | A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation. (references; author: Mark Twain) You work for a defense contractor if the main topic of conversation is where the next job is or who is being laid off. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Conversation at Night (1969) A Conversation with Norman (2003) Gary Sinise and Horton Foote Of Mice and Men: In Conversation (2003) Conversation with a Devil (2003) | |
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 | [Congenial conversation at the Friends reception]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | A matrimonial conversation. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Col. Charles R. Alley, of the Chemical Warfare Service Division of the Army, carrying on a telephone conversation while wearing a newly developed gas mask. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Lively conversation accompanies dinner in the dining room of the State Executive Mansion in Sacramento ... where Governor Earl Warren heads the long table ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The assemble or conversation a la mode / Hune scp. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Farm woman in conversation with relief investigator, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Conversation among members of congregation after services. Wheeley's Church, Gordonton, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Amos Bronson Alcott | Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine. |
Duc de La Rochefoucauld | Conceit causes more conversation than wit. |
James Mcneill Whistler | If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible. |
Jonathan Swift | Argument is the worst sort of conversation. |
Marcus T. Cicero | Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors. |
Robert Louis Stevenson | Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes. |
Samuel Johnson | Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. |
Walter Savage Landor | What is reading, but silent conversation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | He could not meet her in conversation, rational or playful. |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | I moved away a few steps, and waited to follow her into the carriage, where I resumed the conversation. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | That was their meeting, their conversation, and their parting. |
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish | Douglas Adams | He had read somewhere that the Eskimos had over two hundred different words for snow, without which their conversation would probably have got very monotonous. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He continued the conversation still longer than usual. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Tom looked down the line of tents and he saw Ruthie and Winfield standing in front of a tent in decorous conversation with someone inside. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I had many acquaintance among persons of the best fashion, and being always attended by my interpreter, the conversation we had was not disagreeable. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A decibel level of 30 is half as loud as a normal conversation. (references) | |
Another common visual problem is an inability to maintain eye contact during a conversation. (references) | ||
Clue the person with the hearing loss about the topic of the conversation whenever possible. (references) | ||
Business | In conversation, Mexicans emphasize tactful and indirect phrasing. (references) | |
The average duration of a telephone conversation using mobile phones is 2 minutes and using the fixed network 4 minutes. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Dominican Republic | They engage them in conversation about their work and residence, mainly to check their use of Spanish and any accent they may have. (references) |
Economic History | Ghana | Never walk into a person's office or begin a telephone conversation without a greeting. (references) |
Ghana | The few newcomers who have made the mistake of beginning a conversation without the necessary greeting report being told by their host(s), "But you have not greeted me (us)." Ghanaians are often referred to as "the friendliest people on the continent." They are warm and receptive to outsiders, are very accommodating and will go the extra mile to be helpful. (references) | |
Human Rights | Peru | During the conversation, the two discussed a meeting that Garcia would have the following day with President Toledo. (references) |
Korea | He was then imprisoned for 6 more years (with trial) shortly after his release for claiming in a private conversation that his original imprisonment was unjust. (references) | |
Mexico | In September 2000, a newspaper reported that unknown persons taped a phone conversation between then President-elect Fox and his spokesperson; the press speculated that it only could have been CISEN. (references) | |
Travel | Botswana | Conversation about family is much less common than among Americans. (references) |
Philippines | Most Filipinos use Pilipino or a regional dialect as their medium of normal conversation. (references) | |
Turkey | It is usually important to allow time for friendly conversation before commencing with a business agenda. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle. Once I dipt into the future far as human eye could see, And I saw the Chief Forecaster, dead as any one can be -- Dead and damned and shut in Hades as a liar from his birth, With a record of unreason seldom paralleled on earth. While I looked he reared him solemnly, that incadescent youth, From the coals that he'd preferred to the advantages of truth. He cast his eyes about him and above him; then he wrote On a slab of thin asbestos what I venture here to quote -- For I read it in the rose-light of the everlasting glow: "Cloudy; variable winds, with local showers; cooler; snow." Halcyon Jones |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Margaret Thatcher | I enjoyed the conversation and the company of older people very much. And I enjoyed the things they were talking about, and I listened, and then gradually came to join in. |
Mariah Carey | You know, it was always interesting to me when I would go to other countries and they would be singing my lyrics back to me. But if we tried to have a conversation, we couldn't because they don't speak the same language. |
Stephen Engelberg | Well, I'll take the second question first. I mean, at the moment, we've got, you know, on that subject a fact-free conversation. I mean, we just simply don't know. |
Tom Brokaw | That young man who was so articulate, I went out to a university, they didn't know that I was coming, it was graduation day. I was able to just walk onto the campus and start engaging them in conversation. |
William Shatner | That's all it is. It's Dinner at Andre's. It's conversation on the most intimate subjects by two people who have known each other half their life. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Conversation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Conversation" is used about 5,460 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5,460 | 1,792 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "conversation": animate the conversation ♦ bring up in conversation ♦ conversation book ♦ conversation class ♦ conversation of timber ♦ conversation piece ♦ Conversation Power ♦ criminal conversation ♦ cut into a conversation ♦ energy conversation ♦ engage in conversation ♦ enter into conversation with smb. ♦ fall into conversation ♦ hold a conversation with ♦ hushed conversation ♦ inanity of the conversation ♦ low tone conversation ♦ monopolize the conversation ♦ open to conversation ♦ private conversation ♦ provide a topic of conversation ♦ resume the conversation ♦ snatches of conversation ♦ start a conversation ♦ strike up a conversation with ♦ telegraph conversation ♦ telephone conversation ♦ topic of conversation. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "conversation": conversation-based, conversation-initial, conversation-like, conversation-stopper, conversation-stoppers, conversation-stopping, conversation-wise. | |
Ending with "conversation": mid-conversation, non-conversation, sub-conversation, tree-conversation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | onderhoud (interview), gesprek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | muhabet (causerie, chat, chin, confabulation, small talk, table talk, talk, visit), kuvend (assemblage, assembly, convent, convention, convocation, diet, moot), bisedim (talk), bisedë (causerie, chat, colloquy, confabulation, discourse, interlocution, interview, talk), bashkëbisedim (colloquy, dialogue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كلام (remark, speech, statement, talk, talking, utterance, words), محادثة (dialogue, discourse, discussion, parley, talk), محادثات (negotiation, parley, talks), مداولة (consultation), حديث (chat, colloquy, discourse, late, modernistic, new, newfangled, palaver, speech, talk, yarn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basque | hizketa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разговор (colloquy, dialogue, interlocution, passages, rap, talk, word, words), общуване (association, communication, communion, companionship, connection, converse, fraternization, intercommunication, intercourse, society, touch), беседа (discourse, disquisition, interlocution, talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 話 (dialect, language, speech, spoken words, talk, what someone said, words), 談話 (talk), 交谈 (Conversed, Conversing), 會話 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Croatian | razgovori (conversations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozhovor (chat, dialogue, interview, talk), konverzace (conversation class, small talk, talk), hovor (call, colloquy, talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | samtale (call), konversation. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gesprek, conversatie, onderhoud (attendance, attention, keeping, machine attendance, machine attention, machine maintenance, machine upkeep, maintenance, repair, service, servicing, upkeep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | konversacio, interparolado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | samtala. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مکالمه (Colloquium, Palaver, Parlance), محاوره (Colloquium, Colloquy), گفتگو (Colloquy, Conference, Converse, Dialogue, Discussion, Parlance, Talk), گفت وشنید. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | puhelu (call, talk, telephone conversation), keskustelu (discussion, talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | conversation (communication, confabulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gespräch (call, dialogue, discourse, discussion, interlocution, interview, talk), unterhaltung (amusement, chat, conversations, enjoyment, entertainment, fun, maintenance, operation, recreation, talk, upkeep), konversation (colloquy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνομιλία (colloquy, confabulation), συνδιάλεξη (call, talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guarani | ñemongeta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שיח" (discourse, palaver, talk, talking), סיח" (discourse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | beszélgetés (chat, colloquy, converse, gossiping, interlocution, interview, rap, talk, talking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | samtal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pertuturan (phrase, pronunciation, word), percakapan (colloquial, dialogue), pembicaraan (discussion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | comhrá. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | conversazione (confabulation, entertainment, palaver, talk), discorso (address, discourse, oration, speech, talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 話 (chat, speech, story, talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいわ (dialogue, interaction, interactive), たい " (dialogue, leaving a group or troupe, talk), ぐう", ざ " (discussion), かいわ, かい " (Buddhist ordination platform, conference, disbandment, discussion, ghost story, interview, stairs), カンバセーション , はなし (chat, speech, story, talk), "わ (a talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 대" (DIALOG, Dialogue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | percakapan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | taggloo (converse, discourse, dissertation, speech, talk), cooish (business, case, cause, chat, love affair, suit, theme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | samtale (interview). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occitan | convèrsa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | kombersashon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onversationcay rozmowa. (various references) conversação (reasoning, talk). (various references) conversação, conversa. (various references) conversaţie (chat, confabulation, dialogue, discourse, interlocution, jaw, talk). (various references) разговор (colloquy, dialogue, talk). (various references) còmhradh (dialogue). (various references) razgovor (chat, colloquy, interview, talk), opštenje (intercourse), konverzacija. (various references) conversación (colloquy, parley, talk), conversacion (talk). (various references) mazungumzo (conversations). (various references) konversation (discourse), samtal (call, calls, causerie, chat, colloguy, collo-guy, colloquy, confabulation, conversations, dialog, dialogue, discourse, interlocution, interview, talk), tal (articulation, discourse, figure, number, numbers, peroration, speaking, speech, speeches, sum, talk). (various references) cinsel birleşme (coition, coitus, copulation, sexual intercourse), sohbet (causerie, chat, chitchat, confab, confabulation, gabfest, talk), söyleşi (causerie, chat, chatting), konuşma (address, allocution, causerie, chat, delivery, discourse, harangue, interlocution, oration, speaking, speech, spiel, spoken, talk, talking, utterance), görüşme (bargaining, conference, debate, discussion, disputation, hearing, intercourse, interview, meeting, negotiation, parley, rap, talk). (various references) sцz (introduction, word), gьrrьс (discussion, talk), gep-gьrrьс (talk), gep (parlance, talk). (various references) розмова (converse, dialogue, discourse, talk, tell, wording), бесіда (interlocution). (various references) cuộc nói chuyện (colloquy, interlocution), cuộc chuyện trò, sự nói chuyện (confabulation), sự giao hợp (copulation, love-making). (various references) ymgom (chat), ymddiddan (converse, talk), ymarwar (discuss, discussion), sgwrs (chat, talk). (various references) incoko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | homilia. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | colloquium, dialectus, sermo, sermone, sermonem, sermones, sermoni, sermonibus, sermonis, sermonum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Philippians Chapter 3, Verse 20 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Hmwn gar to politeuma en ouranoiV uparcei ex ou kai swthra apekdecomeqa kurion ihsoun criston |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nostra autem conversatio in caelis est unde etiam salvatorem expectamus Dominum Iesum Christum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But oure lyuyng is in heuenes; fro whennus also we abiden the sauyour oure Lord Jhesu Crist, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But oure conversacion is in heven from whence we loke for a saveour enen the lorde Iesus Christ |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For our country is in heaven; from where the Saviour for whom we are waiting will come, even the Lord Jesus Christ: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Philippians Chapter 3, Verse 20 |
| Cebuano | Apan kita mga molupyo sa langit, ug gikan niini atong ginapaabut ang Manluluwas, ang Ginoong Jesu-Cristo. |
| Chinese | 我 們 卻 是 天 上 的 國 民 ． 並 " 等 候 救 主 、 就 是 主 耶 穌 基 督 、 從 天 上 降 臨 。 |
| Croatian | Naša je pak domovina na nebesima, odakle išèekujemo Spasitelja, Gospodina našega Isusa Krista: |
| Danish | Thi vort Borgerskab er i Himlene, hvorfra vi også forvente som Frelser den Herre Jesus Kristus, |
| Dutch | Maar onze wandel is in de hemelen, waaruit wij ook den Zaligmaker verwachten, namelijk den Heere Jezus Christus; |
| Finnish | Mutta meillä on yhdyskuntamme taivaissa, ja sieltä me myös odotamme Herraa Jeesusta Kristusta Vapahtajaksi, |
| German | Unser Wandel aber ist im Himmel, von dannen wir auch warten des Heilands Jesu Christi, des HERRN, |
| Haitian Creole | Men nou menm, nou se sitwayen peyi ki nan syèl la. Se tann n'ap tann Delivrans nou, Jezikri, Seyè a, ki gen pou desann sot nan syèl la. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi kita adalah warga negara surga. Dari situlah juga Raja Penyelamat kita, Tuhan Yesus Kristus, akan datang. Dialah yang kita nanti-nantikan dengan rindu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi tanah air kita ada di surga, dari sana juga kita menantikan Juruselamat, yaitu Tuhan Yesus Kristus, |
| Latvian | Bet mçs dzîvojam debesîm, no kurienes arî gaidâm Pestîtâju, mûsu Kungu Jçzu Kristu. |
| Maori | Ko te rangi ia te wahi i tangata whenua ai tatou: kei reira hoki te Kaiwhakaora e taria atu nei e tatou, te Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti. |
| Norwegian | For vårt rike er i himlene, og derfra venter vi og den Herre Jesus Kristus som frelser, |
| Portuguese | Mas a nossa pátria está nos céus, donde também aguardamos um Salvador, o Senhor Jesus Cristo, |
| Rumanian | Dar cetqyenia noastrq este kn ceruri, de unde wi awteptqm ca Mkntuitor pe Domnul Isus Hristos. |
| Shuar | Antsu iikia nayaimpinmaya shuar asar ii Uuntri Jesukrístu iin uwemtikrampra asamtai nayaimpinmaya Tatí tusar Nákaji. |
| Spanish | Porque nuestra ciudadanía está en los cielos, de donde también esperamos ardientemente al Salvador, el Señor Jesucristo. |
| Swedish | Vi åter hava vårt medborgarskap i himmelen, och därifrån vänta vi ock Herren Jesus Kristus såsom Frälsare, |
| Uma | Aga kita' ompi', uma ma'ala hewa toe gau' -ta, apa' ihi' ngata suruga-ta-tana. Ngkai ria mpai' katumaia-na Magau' Tompohore-ta ngkai huku' jeko' -ta, Pue' Yesus Kristus. Hi'a-mi to takalentorai pai' to tapopea. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "conversation": conversational, conversationalist, conversationalists, conversationally, conversations. (additional references) | |
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"Conversation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cancerisation, conderation, conferation, converation, conversacion, conversate, conversationd, conversetion, converstation, converstion, convesation, coversation, monoversation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "conversation" (pronounced kÄ'nversā"shun) |
| 5 | -s ā" sh u n | annexation, cessation, compensation, condensation, dispensation, fixation, indexation, relaxation, sensation, subluxation, taxation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: conservation. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: coinventors, covenantors, overactions, renovations, revocations. | |
-2 letters: coinventor, coinvestor, containers, conversant, conversion, covenantor, crenations, evocations, innovators, nervations, nonvectors, novocaines, octonaries, overaction, renovation, revocation, vernations. | |
-3 letters: anointers, anoretics, cannister, canonries, coinvents, conations, connivers, consortia, constrain, container, contrives, convenors, corantoes, coronates, cortisone, covenants, creations, crenation, evocation, evocators, innovates, innovator, inventors, invocates, ironstone, isooctane, navicerts, nervation, nonactors. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: conservations, conversations. | |
+2 letters: conservational, contraventions, conversational. | |
+3 letters: conservationist, neoconservatism, neoconservative, nonconservation, nonconservative, uncontroversial. | |
+4 letters: anticonservation, conservationists, conversationally, conveyorizations, neoconservatisms, neoconservatives, nonconservations, nonconservatives, noncontroversial, overcompensating, overcompensation. | |
+5 letters: anticonservations, conversationalist, overcompensations, uncontroversially. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Spoken 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Abbreviations 19. Acronyms 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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