(n) :
the opposite or reverse; of a proposition or theorem of the form "If A is true, then B is true" or (equivalently) "All Xs are Ys", the proposition or law "If B is true, then A is true" or "All Ys are Xs", respectively
"all trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true."
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(n) :
the opposite or reverse; of a proposition or theorem of the form "If A is true, then B is true" or (equivalently) "All Xs are Ys", the proposition or law "If B is true, then A is true" or "All Ys are Xs", respectively
"all trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true."