conversance
- noun
- /kənˈvɜːrsəns/
:
conocimiento
Examples
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Since there can be no question regarding Rubens's conversance with hunting theory and practice and with the iconography of hunts, we must assume that his departure from custom was deliberate and carried out for considered reasons.
Academic text (1996) -
Her conversance with the latest research in renewable energy impressed the committee.
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To succeed in this role, you need a strong conversance with marketing strategies and consumer behavior.
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His conversance in different cultures helps him connect with clients from around the world.
Synonyms
∞
1.5
Skill or knowledge you get by doing something over time
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2.9
Knowing something well because you have seen or used it many times
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4.0
Knowing about someone or something from experience
The state of knowing a subject and having experience with it
Antonyms
How Familiar
Surface Forms
Morphology
conversance = conversant (semi-transparent) = converse + ance
The noun is formed with the familiar suffix '-ance' from 'converse'/'conversant', but the modern sense 'familiarity' is somewhat formal and may not be predictable from 'converse' (to talk) for learners.
Etymology
Conversance comes from the Latin root convers- meaning 'to live with' or 'be with', plus the ending -ance that turns it into a noun. It is related to conversation, which long ago meant 'living together' and later 'talk', so to have conversance with a subject is to be familiar with it or to have real experience of it.