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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly;
- Example: "conversant with business trends"
- Example: "familiar with the complex machinery"
- Example: "he was familiar with those roads"
[syn: conversant(p), familiar(p)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conversant \Con"ver*sant\, a. [L. conversans, p. pr. of conversari: cf. F. conversant.] 1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted. [1913 Webster] I have been conversant with the first persons of the age. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in. [1913 Webster] Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Conversant only with the ways of men. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 3. Concerned; occupied. [1913 Webster] Education . . . is conversant about children. --W. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Conversant \Con*vers"ant\, n. One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conversant adj 1: (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends"; "familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar with those roads" [syn: conversant(p), familiar(p)]