OMG!!!! I hear people using "CONVERSATE" as a word!!! I han the biggest arguement with this potential boy friend that "it" was not a word. What do you guys think? right or wrong?
2007-09-13 06:52:42 · 10 answers · asked by colanda_18 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No, not yet. The word is 'converse.' Why bother to add 'ate' when it's clearly not necessary: do you 'reversate' your car? 'rehearsate' a presentation? 'immersate' something in water?
2007-09-13 07:15:50 · answer #1 · answered by JJ 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-11 11:54:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 00:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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OMG!!!! I hear people using "CONVERSATE" as a word!!! I han the biggest arguement with this potential boy friend that "it" was not a word. What do you guys think? right or wrong?
2015-08-06 16:20:32 · answer #4 · answered by Evonne 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, yes, but it's considered a "back formation," or just plain slang.
It's not in Miriam-Webster as an accepted word, but new words are always coming into the vernacular.
2007-09-13 07:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a "porte-manteau" word, combining "converse" and "communicate." Sometimes a conversation is more of a confrontation. "Conversate" indicates that the people involved are really communicating w/each other.
(A porte-manteau word is a combination of two words to make a third meaning).
2007-09-13 07:06:53 · answer #6 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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Yes, it's a common mistake that people make when they erroneously attribute the "t" in "conversation" to the verb form "converse" when in truth it's simply part of the suffix "ation" added to make the verb a noun. The same thing happens with "orient" (verb), "oriented" (adjective) and "orientation" (noun). Unfortunately, it is now so common for people to add an extra "t" to the verb and adjective, that "orientate" and "orientated" are now considered acceptable. Disgusting, isn't it?
2016-03-28 14:04:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think J.J. put it in a nutshell.
I have also checked it out, with all of my English dictionaries
and as far as I am concerned, it is not a word.
2007-09-13 08:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's similar to "commentate", that a lot of people use. To me, "commentator" came from "comment" and "commentary" and, "commentate" is a backward derivation......
As you say, your word is "converse".
2007-09-13 08:40:01 · answer #9 · answered by John S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not a real word, at least not yet.
but if i had to define it: it is the improper conjunction of "Converse" and "Communicate"
2007-09-13 07:00:33 · answer #10 · answered by artist9120 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋