con·ver·sa·tion 
/ˌkɑ:nvɚˈseɪʃən/ noun
plural con·ver·sa·tions /ˌkɑ:nvɚˈseɪʃən/ noun 1 : an informal talk involving two people or a small group of people : the act of talking in an informal way [count] ▪ a casual/telephone/private conversation ▪ He mentioned it during (the course of) our conversation. ▪ Do you remember our conversation about that new movie? ▪ The conversation turned to music. = Music became the topic of the conversation. ▪ We got into a long conversation about his behavior. ▪ I had a nice conversation [=(less formally) chat] with your mother. ▪ They were engaged in a lengthy conversation about politics. ▪ It was so noisy that we could hardly carry on a conversation. [=talk] ▪ a perfect spot to hold a quiet conversation [=talk] ▪ She often strikes up conversations with strangers. [=she often talks to strangers] [noncount] ▪ The topic came up in conversation. ▪ They were so deep in conversation that they barely noticed me. ▪ He kept trying to engage me in conversation. ▪ She's skilled in the art of conversation. ▪ an interesting topic of conversation ▪ “Where are you from?” he asked, trying to make conversation. [=start a conversation] 2 [count] : something that is similar to a spoken conversation
▪ We had a conversation by e-mail.
▪ We had a conversation by e-mail.
