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/kənˈvɜːrsɪŋ/ · con·vers·ing
verb
  1. To talk; to engage in conversation. She spent the afternoon conversing with her neighbors about the garden.
  2. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; usually followed by *with*. The monks were conversing with the pilgrims during the retreat.
  3. To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study. He is conversing in the nuances of medieval law after years of research.
noun
  1. The act of talking with someone; informal talk. Their morning conversing set a friendly tone for the meeting.
Did you know? The gerund *conversing* appears in Shakespeare’s *Much Ado About Nothing*, where characters are described as ‘conversing in the garden’—one of the earliest literary attestations of the -ing form used as a noun.
Written by Lexi Wordsworth, Dictionary Editor 0 lookups Added Jul 15, 2026