Meaning of dialogue | Babel Free

Definitions

1. dialogue (form of discourse)
2. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
   countable, uncountable
3. dialogue (literary form)
4. To express as or in a dialogue: dialogued parts of the story.
5. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
   countable, uncountable
6. To engage in a dialogue.
7. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
   countable, uncountable
8. a frank exchange of ideas, spoken or written, for the purpose of meeting in harmony.
9. Nonstandard form of dialog (“dialog box”).
   alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
10. Spoken exchange:chat, colloquy, confabulation, conversation, converse, discourse, speech, talk.
11. (a) talk between two or more people, especially in a play or novel. dialoog, tweegesprek مُحاوَرَه، حِوار диалог diálogo dialog der Dialog dialog; samtale διάλογοςdiálogo kahekõne مکالمه؛ گفتگو dialogi dialogue דוּ-שִׂיח बातचीत dijalog párbeszéd dialog samtal; tvítal dialogo 対話 대화 dialogas dialogs dialog dialoogdialog, samtaledialog ډيا لوګ، خبري اترې، پوښتنى او جوابونه، مكالمه diálogo dialog диалог dialóg dvogovor dijalog dialog บทสนทนา diyalog, karşılıklı konuşma 對話 діалог گفتگو đối thoại 对话
    especially
12. A conversation between two or more people.
13. Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative.
14. A literary work written in the form of a conversation: the dialogues of Plato.
15. Music A composition or passage for two or more parts, suggestive of conversational interplay.
    Music
16. conversation between two or more people

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Examples

“Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.”

“Start up a dialogue”

“Guido and Francesca exchanged looks; for the attention with which both had listened had enabled them to comprehend with tolerable accuracy the preceding dialogue.”

“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.”

“The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.”

“In 1936, Anstey had co-directed Housing Problems, which featured direct dialogue recording - allowing the subjects of the film to speak for themselves. As Anstey said: "At the time nobody had done it, and we gave slum dwellers a chance to make their own films."”

“A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.”

“Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down.”

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