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conversate

UK/ˈkɒn.vəˌseɪt//ˈkɑːn.vɚˌseɪt/

conversate verb: to converse, to have conversation.

Verb

conversate (third-person singular simple present conversates, present participle conversating, simple past and past participle conversated)

  1. (nonstandard, now chiefly African-American Vernacular) To converse, to have conversation.
    • Conversate for a few, 'cause in a few we gon' do / What we came to do, ain't that right, boo? (True)1994, The Notorious B.I.G., The Isley Brothers, Chris Jasper, “Big Poppa”, in Ready to Die, performed by The Notorious B.I.G., track 13
    • We don't just want to go to class and not conversate with the teachers.2002, Gail L. Thompson, African-American Teens Discuss Their Schooling Experiences, Bergin Garvey/Greenwood, page 34

Examples of conversate in a sentence

  • Barry did grow up in a white neighborhood, you know, and he does know how to conversate, and he does know how to pronounce his vowels, he knows how to talk.2003, Steven Travers, Barry Bonds: Baseballs Superman, Sports Publishing LLC, page 241:
  • I'll talk to them and conversate, but I won't pay no mind to the things that they do.2005, Prudence L. Carter, Keepin' It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White, Oxford University Press, page 37:

Synonyms of conversate

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All synonyms of conversate

Forms of conversate

third-person singular presentconversates
present participleconversating
past participleconversated
pastconversated

Origin of conversate

Back-formation from conversation.

Questions about conversate

What does conversate mean?
Conversate means to converse, to have conversation.
How do you use conversate in a sentence?
Barry did grow up in a white neighborhood, you know, and he does know how to conversate, and he does know how to pronounce his vowels, he knows how to talk.
What part of speech is conversate?
Conversate is a verb.
How do you pronounce conversate?
Conversate is pronounced /ˈkɑːn.vɚˌseɪt/ (US).
What is the past tense of conversate?
The past tense of conversate is conversated.

Words near conversate in the dictionary

  1. conversancy
  2. conversant
  3. conversantly
  4. conversants
  5. conversas
  6. conversate
  7. conversated
  8. conversates
  9. conversating
  10. conversation
  11. conversation analysis

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