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conversation

/ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/ noun A1
  1. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. (countable, uncountable) · I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.· You need to improve conversation in foreign languages.
  2. Dialogue or interaction regarding a topic. (uncountable)
  3. The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout. (countable, uncountable)
  4. The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction. (countable, uncountable)

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“I won’t indeed!” said Alice, in a great hurry to change the subject of conversation.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 14 · B2
And so she went on, taking first one side and then the other, and making quite a conversation of it altogether; but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside, and stopped to listen.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 24 · B2
This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 31 · B2
Which brought them back again to the beginning of the conversation.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 31 · B2

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