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# conversation

«conversation» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **talk, chat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

talk, chat

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Talk between two or more people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/conversation/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today it means talk between people. The old sense "way of life or behaviour" is no longer common, but all three sentences use today's sense.

### examples

- This was the end of their conversation. (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/conversation/#x1)
- They had a long conversation together about different things. (More English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/conversation/#x2)
- Just then, the conversation was interrupted by approaching footsteps. (The Adventures of Pinocchio) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/conversation/#x3)

### primary record

conversation

### tests

manual 10.3; corpora 129 (Torah 0, tales 129, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 11; ratio 0.6 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [In long conversations a bot can lose track of things said much earlier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/12/)
- [Bots cannot keep secrets like a friend; conversations may be saved.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/10/)
- [I have the gift of conversation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/21/)
- [Snooping means looking at things that are meant for someone else: diaries, messages, letters, desks, conversations through a door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/356-peeking-at-presents-diaries-and-letters/9/)
- [Not going away on holiday is normal, and true small stories make good conversations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/435-boasting-cousins-and-made-up-holidays/28/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «conversation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/conversation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.