Conversation definition

From , from , accusative singular of , from .

Interaction; commerce or intercourse between people.
Sexual intercourse.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 333:
  
  The landlady therefore would by no means have admitted any conversation of a disreputable kind to pass under her roof.
Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books, 2001, p. 50:
  
  There are many that take no heed what happeneth to others by bad conversation , and therefore overthrow themselves in the same manner through their own fault, not foreseeing dangers manifest.
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.

I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid.
The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.

To make conversation means to start a conversation with someone with no other aim than to talk and break the silence.
To have a conversation, and to hold a conversation, both mean to converse.
See :Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take