A spoken exchange of thoughts, feelings, or information between two or more people. It usually happens in a relaxed way rather than as a formal speech or lecture.
From Latin *conversatio* 'living with, keeping company', from *conversari* 'to live, dwell, keep company'. It moved from the idea of sharing life together to sharing talk together.
Originally, conversation was about how you lived with others, not just how you talked. That older meaning hints that real conversation is part of a shared life, not just words flying back and forth. Good conversation is less like a debate and more like building something together in real time.
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