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making conversation

making conversation is the present participle and gerund of make conversation.

Meaning of make conversation

Verb

make conversation (third-person singular simple present makes conversation, present participle making conversation, simple past and past participle made conversation)

  1. To talk with someone out of courtesy, to pass time, or in an effort to engage with them socially.
    • They had their meals with Mr. Gibson and Molly, and were felt to be terribly in the way; Mr. Gibson not being a man who could make conversation, and hating the duty of talking under restraint.1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 3, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published...

Questions about making conversation

What is making conversation the present participle and gerund of?
Making conversation is the present participle and gerund of make conversation.

Words near making conversation in the dictionary

  1. making bricks without straws
  2. making capital out of
  3. making certain
  4. making common cause
  5. making contact with
  6. making conversation
  7. making do
  8. making do and mending
  9. making down
  10. making ends meet
  11. making eyes

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