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conversant

[ kuhn-vur-suhnt, kon-ver- ]

adjective

  1. familiar by use or study (usually followed by with ):

    conversant with Spanish history.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,

  2. Archaic. having regular or frequent conversation; intimately associating; acquainted.


conversant

/ əˈɜːəԳ /

adjective

  1. usually postpositiveand foll bywith experienced (in), familiar (with), or acquainted (with)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DzˈԳٱ, adverb
  • DzˈԳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·sԳ Dz·s· noun
  • Dz·sԳ· adverb
  • nonDz·sԳ noun
  • nonDz·s· noun
  • ԴDzcDz·sԳ adjective
  • nonDz·sԳ· adverb
  • ܲcDz·sԳ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of conversant1

1250–1300; Middle English conversa ( u ) nt < Latin conversant- (stem of DzԱԲ ), present participle of DzԱī to associate with. See converse 1, -ant
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Pagels is conversant with every version of the gospels — even the most obscure — and wades through them with forensic thoroughness.

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His reputation as a president conversant in rocker counterculture, though, was noticed by the era’s preeminent gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson.

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Please translate for those people who are not conversant in the language of the Christian Right, specifically, and the Christian fundamentalists and other Biblical literalists more broadly.

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Brands, engages in a discreet laundering of Lindbergh’s views and expertise, such that a reader who is not conversant with historical details might be inclined to accept his version at face value.

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Olympians might not be experts in climatology or conversant in all the relevant political arguments surrounding weather trends, but they have a ground-level view.

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