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CONVERSANCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conversancy mean?
• CONVERSANCY (noun)
The noun CONVERSANCY has 1 sense:
1. personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Familiarity information: CONVERSANCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
acquaintance; conversance; conversancy; familiarity
Hypernyms ("conversancy" is a kind of...):
information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)
Derivation:
conversant ((usually followed by 'with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly)
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