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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dialogue has 4 senses
- dialogue(n = noun.communication) dialog, duologue - a conversation between two persons; Array is a kind of talk, talking
- dialogue(n = noun.communication) dialog - the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction; Array is a kind of book, playscript, script
- dialogue(n = noun.communication) dialog - a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek" is a kind of literary composition, literary work
- dialogue(n = noun.communication) negotiation, talks - a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" is a kind of discussion, give-and-take, word
has particulars: duologue
has parts: actor's line, speech, words
has particulars: parley, diplomacy, diplomatic negotiations, bargaining, collective bargaining, horse trading, mediation
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dialogue, n. (US dialog)
1 a conversation. b conversation in written form; this as a form of composition.
2 a a discussion, esp. one between representatives of two political groups. b a conversation, a talk (long dialogues between the two main characters).
1 a conversation. b conversation in written form; this as a form of composition.
2 a a discussion, esp. one between representatives of two political groups. b a conversation, a talk (long dialogues between the two main characters).
Etymology
ME f. OF dialoge f. L dialogus f. Gk dialogos f. dialegomai converse
THESAURUS
dialogue
Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, airing, analysis, antimasque, audience success, ballet, bomb, broadcast drama, bull session, burlesque show, buzz session, canvassing, charade, chat, chinfest, cliff hanger, closet drama, colloquium, colloquy, comedy drama, communication, confab, confabulation, conference, consideration, conversation, converse, critical success, daytime serial, debate, debating, deliberation, dialectic, discussion, documentary drama, drama, dramalogue, dramatic play, dramatic series, duodrama, duologue, epic theater, examination, exchange of views, experimental theater, extravaganza, failure, flop, forum, gasser, giveaway, happening, hit, hit show, huddle, improvisational drama, investigation, joint discussion, legitimate drama, logical analysis, logical discussion, masque, meeting, melodrama, minstrel show, miracle, miracle play, monodrama, monologue, morality, morality play, music drama, musical revue, mystery, mystery play, open discussion, open forum, opera, pageant, palaver, panel discussion, panel show, pantomime, parley, pastoral, pastoral drama, piece, play, playlet, problem play, psychodrama, question-and-answer session, quiz show, radio drama, rap, rap session, review, revue, seminar, sensational play, serial, show, sitcom, situation comedy, sketch, skit, soap, soap opera, sociodrama, spectacle, speech, stage play, stage show, straight drama, study, success, suspense drama, symposium, tableau, tableau vivant, talk, talk show, talkfest, teleplay, television drama, television play, tete-a-tete, theater of cruelty, total theater, town meeting, treatment, trialogue, variety show, vaudeville, vaudeville show, vehicle, ventilation, word-of-mouth success, words, workROGET THESAURUS
dialogue
Conversation
N conversation, interlocution, collocution, colloquy, converse, confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse, oral communication, commerce, dialogue, duologue, trialogue, causerie, chat, chitchat, small talk, table talk, teatable talk, town talk, village talk, idle talk, tattle, gossip, tittle-tattle, babble, babblement, tripotage, cackle, prittle-prattle, cancan, on dit, talk of the town, talk of the village, conference, parley, interview, audience, pourparler, tete-a-tete, reception, conversazione, congress, powwow, hall of audience, durbar, palaver, debate, logomachy, war of words, gossip, tattler, Paul Pry, tabby, chatterer, interlocutor, conversationist, dialogist, the feast of reason and the flow of soul, mollia tempora fandi, conversing, interlocutory, conversational, conversable, discursive, discoursive, chatty, colloquial, with thee conversing I forget all time.
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