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How to spell conversation

Conversation is spelled C-O-N-V-E-R-S-A-T-I-O-N.

What it means: An informal exchange of ideas.

In a sentence: My mom and I had a fun conversation about my day at school. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: conversational, conversationalist, conversing, talk. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Conversation comes from Latin 'conversatio', which originally meant 'living with' or 'keeping company with' someone. Over time, its meaning shifted from sharing daily life together to the specific idea of talking with another person.

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