converse
verb (used without object)
to talk informally with another or others; exchange views, opinions, etc., by talking.
have been conversing
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present perfect progressiveof converse.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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We sleep together, we eat together and we have been conversing a lot.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2014
We have been conversing, we have not committed suicide at all, we are very much living.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2012
"I have been conversing with good Master Cairnes," I responded gravely.
From Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France by Randall Parrish
I need not wish, for I have been conversing again with learned folk about this place, and they begin to draw my view to certain considerations.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies
I have in my memorandum book a copy of a law of your State, which was in existence at one time, and which refers to what we have been conversing about.
From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman
