converse
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- noun
- /kənˈvɜrs/
- Specialized
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proposición conversa
- Of course, the converse of picking winners is that some states are deemed to be losers.
- converse is true
- converse is also
- converse is, of course
You said the converse proposition does not in itself or for us make substance into subject, right?
- You said the converse proposition does not in itself or for us make substance into subject, right?
Examples
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The converse of the statement 'If it rains, then the ground is wet' is 'If the ground is not wet, then it does not rain.'
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The close correlation that has been made between literacy and reasoning, and its converse, need not surprise us.
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Or the converse - the end of life, the right to die.
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And in a limited number of cases, the converse was true.
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All right, now the remarkable thing is the converse is also true.
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All loyalty cases are security cases, but the converse is not true.
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But the converse also holds true, and therefore both ends of this chain must be grasped simultaneously.
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The converse is also true: in the absence of third-party tax information return reporting, tax compliance plummets.
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In these two groups, multiple suspensions were more common than single suspensions; the converse was true for all other sociodemographic groups.
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In mathematics, the converse of a true conditional statement can also be a true statement, as seen in various proofs.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word converse used in logic comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and vertere 'to turn', so it originally meant 'turned around'. In logic, a converse is the statement you get when you 'turn' the parts around, so 'If it rains, then the ground is wet' becomes 'If the ground is wet, then it rains'.