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di⋅a⋅logue

  [dahy-uh-lawg, -log] noun, verb -logued, -logu⋅ing.
Use dialog in a Sentence
–noun
1. conversation between two or more persons.
2. the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.
3. an exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular issue, esp. a political or religious issue, with a view to reaching an amicable agreement or settlement.
4. a literary work in the form of a conversation: a dialogue of Plato.
–verb (used without object)
5. to carry on a dialogue; converse.
6. to discuss areas of disagreement frankly in order to resolve them.
–verb (used with object)
7. to put into the form of a dialogue.
Also, di⋅a⋅log.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME < OF dïalogue, L dialogus < Gk diálogos. See dia-, -logue

Related forms:
di⋅a⋅logu⋅er, noun
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di·a·log   (dī'ə-lôg', -lŏg')   
n.   & v.
Variant of dialogue.
di·a·logue or di·a·log   (dī'ə-lôg', -lŏg')   
n.  

  1. A conversation between two or more people.

    1. Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative.

    2. The lines or passages in a script that are intended to be spoken.

  3. A literary work written in the form of a conversation: the dialogues of Plato.

  4. Music A composition or passage for two or more parts, suggestive of conversational interplay.

  5. An exchange of ideas or opinions: achieving constructive dialogue with all political elements.

v.   di·a·logued or di·a·loged, di·a·logu·ing or di·a·log·ing, di·a·logues or di·a·logs

v.   tr.
To express as or in a dialogue.
v.   intr.

  1. To converse in a dialogue.

  2. Usage Problem To engage in an informal exchange of views.


[Middle English dialog, from Old French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos, conversation, from dialegesthai, to discuss; see dialect.]
di'a·log'uer n.
Usage Note: In recent years the verb sense of dialogue meaning "to engage in an informal exchange of views" has been revived, particularly with reference to communication between parties in institutional or political contexts. Although Shakespeare, Coleridge, and Carlyle used it, this usage today is widely regarded as jargon or bureaucratese. Ninety-eight percent of the Usage Panel rejects the sentence Critics have charged that the department was remiss in not trying to dialogue with representatives of the community before hiring the new officers.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
dialog

  1. tv.
    to attempt to deceive someone; to attempt to seduce someone. : Ron was dialoging this dame when her brother came in.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dialogue 
c.1225, "literary work consisting of a conversation between two or more people," from O.Fr. dialoge, from L. dialogus, from Gk. dialogos, related to dialogesthai "converse," from dia- "across" + legein "speak" (see lecture). Sense broadened to "a conversation" 1401. Mistaken belief that it can only mean "conversation between two persons" is from confusion of dia- and di-.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

DIALOG
1. A commercial bibliographic database and retrieval service from DIALOG Information Services.
2. Interactive mathematics using a graphics tablet by Illinois Inst Tech, 1966.
["DIALOG: A Conversational Programming System with a Graphical Orientation", S.H. Cameron et al, CACM 10:349-357 (1967). Sammet 1969, p.255-258].

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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