A1 (a) talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings, and ideas are expressed, questions are asked and answered, or news and information is exchanged:
It's impossible to hold/carry on a conversation with all this noise going on!
I struck up (= started) an interesting conversation with your uncle.
Because of television, many people have lost the art of conversation (= talking to each other).
More examples
- She fell into a conversation with a man at the bar.
- There are certain topics of conversation that are not suitable for polite society.
- She completely monopolized the conversation at lunch.
- Brother Michael and Brother John were deep in conversation.
- I wish Dad would stop listening in on my phone conversations.
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