The converse of a statement is a related statement that is obtained by switching the hypothesis and conclusion of a conditional statement. For example, if the conditional statement is "If it rains, then they cancel school," the converse statement is "If they cancel school, then it rains". It is important to note that the truthfulness of a converse statement depends on the truth of the hypotheses of the conditional statement. In other words, just because a conditional statement is true, it does not necessarily mean that its converse statement is true as well.