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Definition of Dialogue
1. Noun. A conversation between two persons.
2. Noun. The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction.
Generic synonyms: Book, Playscript, Script
Specialized synonyms: Duologue
Terms within: Actor's Line, Speech, Words
3. Noun. A literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people. "He has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek"
4. Noun. A discussion intended to produce an agreement. "Talks between Israelis and Palestinians"
Generic synonyms: Discussion, Give-and-take, Word
Specialized synonyms: Parley, Diplomacy, Diplomatic Negotiations, Bargaining, Collective Bargaining, Horse Trading, Mediation
Derivative terms: Negotiate
Definition of Dialogue
1. n. A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.
2. v. i. To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
3. v. t. To express as in dialogue.
Definition of Dialogue
1. Noun. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals. ¹
2. Noun. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters. ¹
3. Noun. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation. ¹
4. Noun. (computing) A dialogue box. ¹
5. Verb. (context: informal business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dialogue
1. to carry on a conversation [v -LOGUED, -LOGUING, -LOGUES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dialogue
Literary usage of Dialogue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"56-59) in his translation of this curious but difficult dialogue. ... 4 The
dialogue shifts from the singular number to the plural with strange abruptness, ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"For the second dialogue, in which the ... The fifth dialogue deals with the
resurrection, and here again borrows from the ..."
3. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1843)
"[In the original MS. this dramatic dialogue in verse is written as prose, ...
There are also bmm: obvious errors in the distribution of the dialogue, ..."
4. The Works of George Berkeley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne by George Berkeley, John Dewey, Ferdinand Gregorovius, George Sampson, Annie Hamilton, Arthur James Balfour Balfour (1898)
"His teaching, so far as it is referred to in this dialogue, may be summed up
briefly as follows : Nature is beautiful and harmonious: the contemplation of ..."
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