Conversant Meaning
/kənˈvɜːsənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjClosely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.
adjFamiliar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
Sentence Examples
She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
She is fully conversant with the company's safety regulations.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To succeed in the negotiation, you must be ____ with the local business laws.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is equally ____ with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
Word Origin & History
From Old French conversant, present participle of converser.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?"
— 1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 60, verso:
"We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant."
— 1674, [Richard Allestree], “Of Boasting”, in The Government of the Tongue. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the Theater, →OCLC, page 168:
"If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself."
— 1651, Henry Wotton, A Philosophical Survey of Education:
"Their Ideas are perpetually converſant in Lines and Figures. If they would, for example, praiſe the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they deſcribe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipſes, and other Geometrical Terms, or by Words of Art drawn from Muſick, needleſs here to repeat."
— 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 26:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To succeed in the negotiation, you must be ____ with the local business laws.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She is equally ____ with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.