conversant
Speech parts
1. conversant - Noun
2. conversant - Adjective
3. conversant - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.
Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.
Concerned; occupied.
One who converses with another; a convenser.
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conversant with business trends
familiar with the complex machinery
he was familiar with those roads
As a kid, during the time I was coming up in hip hop, you were expected to be conversant with all the art forms -- the sonic, the kinetic, and the visual -- and to be proficient in at least a couple in order to fully "be" hip hop.
; au courant: up-to-date; abreast of current affairs. ; au fait: being conversant in or with, or instructed in or with. ; au gratin: "with gratings", anything that is grated onto a food dish.
However, if the child is not conversant with the Yoruba language, he or she must learn it, in addition to English and French, because these are the languages alternately used to conduct their school assemblies.