conversate
Americanverb (used without object)
Usage
And is conversate in the dictionary? Conversate is not listed as a standard word in this dictionary, meaning that language users don’t view it as an accepted word and don’t use it regularly with a standard meaning. Instead, conversate is an informal variant of converse, created by dropping the -ion from conversation and adding an -e. An informal variant is a term used in informal situations but not recognized as acceptable by most language users. You wouldn’t use conversate in formal or semiformal situations, but you might use it among your friends. Note: Just because a word isn’t considered a standard word in the dictionary doesn’t necessarily mean it’s “not a word.” Some people may use it, and if enough people start using it regularly, it may be added to the dictionary.
Etymology
Origin of conversate
First recorded in 1970-75; back formation from conversation
Example Sentences
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“It’s where we can get together, conversate, run into people.”
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2020
“We going to conversate, we going to communicate so we can play fast,” Peters said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2018
“I don’t conversate with Floyd,” he said, meaning his brother.
From The New Yorker ● May 18, 2015
“They feel like it’s an opportunity to be free, free with their own thoughts, free to conversate with peers and adults from the community … to discuss life.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 29, 2014
Then, before I could say anything: “While I conversate with Ms. Dixon-Knight here.”
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
A few times, she and her husband conversated fast and quiet about Mr. Washington and when the King’s ships would arrive for the invasion.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Anyway I noticed that this man, Mr. David Sanders, would come and observe on quite a few occasions and so we got to conversating.
From Slate ● May 4, 2012
It was midday and the folks were gathered for a cool drink, a bite to eat, and some conversating.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Curzon was still not in the mood for conversating, not even a little bit.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
We wound up with eleven fellows from Kent sleeping three to a bedchamber and using the second-floor drawing room as their common area for dining and conversating.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Soldiers splashed through the glittering puddles, toting wood, emptying wagons, carrying buckets hither and fro, and standing about on corners conversating with each other.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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