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433. Conversant - IELTS Adjectives - Conversant / Versant

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 11. 13.
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Conversant (Versant) : ~을 아는, ~에 친숙한, ~에 정통한

Versant :  산[산맥] 의 한쪽 경사면, (한 지방) 전체의 경사

 

 

1)
Are you conversant with the word 'conversant' ?
it's an adjective to be conversant with something. 
you could also have of adjective 'versant' but that is probably same meaning, just a little bit more formal

 

 

2)
to be conversant with something, means to be familiar with it
to have knowledge about it
to have experience 
to know how it works

to be knowledgeable about it

you've got experience or you've studied it

to be close to have frequent interaction with it
to be well informed about it, because you have studied it

to be au fait with  
to be acquainted with 
who is no stranger to 
who feel at home with

skilled, practiced,  well-informed,  proficient 

 

Are you conversant with the game go?
you could say slightly more formally same meaning, Are you versant with the game go?
Do you know about it? Are you familiar with? Are you conversant with it?
are you conversant with British history? because you have studied it or because you know it
I am not conversant with the basic scientific principles of how this works
I am not acquainted with it
I am not versant in it
it took me a while to become coversant with the workings of this company
we need a worker who is conversant with this new technology with 
Are you conversant with this computer program?
Are you versant with it?
I became conversant by working in this area for many years
Are you conversant with 19th century British poetry?
I am conversant with the ins and outs of this
I am well versant in it


3)
a versant as an noun, this is an unusual word or unusual meaning
it's the slope of a range of mountains or the slope of a mountain
northern versant of the Himalayas points towards china and the southern versant points towards India
versant of a range of mountains, the direction it points , this is quite rare
rather old-fashioned so put that in your collection 

 


Formality : 6 for conversant and versant
Formality : 8 for a versant 

 

 

 

 

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