dialogue
A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individualsA conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
» The teacher asked the students to practice the dialogue in pairs.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.
Start up a dialogue
Dialog, Gespräch
диало́гdialóg, разгово́рrazgovór, бесе́даbeséda
діало́гdialóh, розмо́ваrozmóva, бе́сідаbésida
a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
(countable, uncountable)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.
диало́гdialóg
(countable, uncountable)A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
диало́гdialóg
(countable, uncountable)The relationship between two texts or artworks interpreted as responding to each other (regardless of whether this is actually possible).
Examples
81 sentencesThe teacher asked the students to practice the dialogue in pairs.
The dialogue in this book is very unrealistic.
Діалог у цій книжнці малореалістичний.
Mary is a dialogue police officer.
Can't you settle this through dialogue?
deKönnt ihr das nicht im Dialog regeln?
The mystery contains more dialogue than narrative.
deDer Kriminalroman enthält mehr Dialog als erzählende Anteile.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from LateInherited from Middle English dialog, from Old French dialoge (French dialogue), from Late Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from διά (diá, “through, inter”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to converse”), from διά (diá) + λέγειν (légein, “to speak”), equivalent to dia- (“between”) + -logue. Also analyzable as di- (“two”) + -alogue.
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Forms
plural: dialoguesSynonyms
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