dialogue
Forms
- Plural
- dialogues
- present (v1)
- dialogue
- past (v2)
- dialogued
- past participle (v3)
- dialogued
- present participle
- dialoguing
- 3rd person singular
- dialogues
Definitions
1.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.
- 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.
2.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.
3.A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
- A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
4.The relationship between two texts or artworks interpreted as responding to each other (regardless of whether this is actually possible).
- Additionally, juxtaposition introduces the potential for a multivocal approach to academic writing, with juxtaposed texts in dialogue with one another, thus enabling linguistic and modal variety (Lillis, 2011).
1.To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.(informal)
- Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.
2.To put into dialogue form.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3064
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Inherited 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.