conversation
part of speech
noun (a conversation, conversations)
meaning for a pupil
1) A conversation is a talk between two or more people in which they share ideas, news or feelings. tree →
2) "Making conversation" means talking politely to someone, often just to be friendly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school, pupils have conversations in pairs to practise language and write conversations as dialogue in stories with speech marks. In everyday life we have conversations at home, on the phone and online. Phrases: have a conversation, make conversation, a conversation about, join the conversation, in conversation with.
examples
- I had a long conversation with my grandma on the phone. tree →
- Please do not interrupt our conversation. tree →
- The two girls were deep in conversation. tree →
- We wrote a conversation between a fox and a crow. tree →
- At the party he tried to make conversation with the new boy. tree →
- Our class had a conversation about kindness. tree →
- The conversation turned to football. tree →
- They had a long conversation together about different things. tree →
note
Countable: a conversation, two conversations. Do not confuse with "conservation" (looking after nature). Verb: converse (formal). Adjective: conversational. In writing, each new speaker in a conversation starts a new line.
In the corpora
- In long conversations a bot can lose track of things said much earlier.
- Bots cannot keep secrets like a friend; conversations may be saved.
- I have the gift of conversation.
- Snooping means looking at things that are meant for someone else: diaries, messages, letters, desks, conversations through a door.
- Not going away on holiday is normal, and true small stories make good conversations.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «conversation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.