dialogue
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (US and computing): dialog
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek διάλογος (dialogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (dia, “through, inter”) + λόγος (logos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai, “to converse”), from διά + λέγειν (legein, “to speak”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dialogue (plural dialogues)
- A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
- Bill and Melinda maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.
- 2013, Paul Harris, Lance Armstrong faces multi-million dollar legal challenges after confession (in The Guardian, 19 January 2013)[1]
- The hours of dialogue with Winfrey, which culminated in a choked-up moment on Friday night as he discussed the impact of his cheating on his family, appear to have failed to give Armstrong the redemption that he craves.
- In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
- The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.
- A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
- A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
- (computing) A dialogue box.
- Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals
computing: dialogue box
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
conversation or other discourse between individuals
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verbal part of a literary or dramatic work
literary form resembling a conversation
computing: dialogue box
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Verb[edit]
dialogue (third-person singular simple present dialogues, present participle dialoguing, simple past and past participle dialogued)
- (informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
- Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.
- (obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
Translations[edit]
discuss
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (dialogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (dia, “through, inter”) + λόγος (logos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai, “to converse”), from διά + λέγειν (legein, “to speak”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
dialogue m (plural dialogues)
Verb[edit]
dialogue
- first-person singular present indicative of dialoguer
- third-person singular present indicative of dialoguer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of dialoguer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of dialoguer
- second-person singular imperative of dialoguer
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
dialogue (infinitive dialogar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dialogar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dialogar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dialogar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of dialogar.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Computing
- English verbs
- English informal terms
- en:Business
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Talking
- French terms derived from Late Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French verb forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
