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- Is conversate a word? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
18 Conversate is a back-formation from conversation, similar to orientate (which is quite common in the UK), administrate, and others While some back-formations can even become standard, conversate is decidedly nonstandard However, it is not surprising that you have heard it used, because it is a word that is employed in some dialects
- The origin of conversate - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I'm trying to explain the origin of the non-standard word "conversate" that is used in some circles My theory is that it came out of an attempt to make the commonly used noun "conversation" into a verb by adding the suffix "ate" in the same manner that other standard english verbs are derived
- Observe vs. Observate [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic
- What is an English noun for whom you have a conversation with?
What is an English noun for whom you have a conversation with? I expect a word like 'counterpart ' I want a simple word for it to name a model in my web application
- What are the differences between inverse, reverse, and converse?
Late to the party: if your original statement is P => Q, then the converse is Q => P and the inverse is !P => !Q It happens that the inverse and the converse are logically equivalent, but they are both ways of obtaining statements that are related but logically non-equivalent to the original statement In contrast the obverse applies to statements of the form "For each s P (s) is true" (where
- Object oriented vs. object orientated - English Language Usage . . .
I've heard both used interchangeably with regards to object- [oriented orientated] programming What's SE's opinion on it?
- Exact meaning behind the phrase: Im not here to. . .
Could someone please explain the exact meaning of 'I'm not here to'? I've found info that it might possibly show some sort of disapproval of the speaker and that they don't want to make effort to do
- Recent usage of the word overwhelm in sentences
As we’ve seen in discussions of words like conversate, enthuse, and liaise, some newly introduced vocabulary arouses strong emotional reactions in some speakers but not in others
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