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dialog

[dahy-uh-lawg, -log]

noun

conversation between two or more persons.

the conversation between characters in a novel, drama, etc.

an exchange of ideas or opinions on a particular issue, especially a political or religious issue, with a view to reaching an amicable agreement or settlement.

a literary work in the form of a conversation: a dialogue of Plato.

verb (used without object)

to carry on a dialogue; converse.

to discuss areas of disagreement frankly in order to resolve them.

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verb (used with object)

to put into the form of a dialogue.

Also, di·a·log.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French dïalogue, Latin dialogus < Greek diálogos. See dia-, -logue

Related forms

di·a·logu·er, noun

self-di·a·log, noun

self-di·a·logue, noun

un·der·di·a·logue, noun

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Example Sentences

The programs still crash, and you still get a dialog box saying so.

Wolin ignored the dialog that is actually occurring between scientists and religion.

It might be useful to have a public dialog about the relative merits of direct democracy versus representation.

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The programs still crash, and you still get a dialog box saying so.

Wolin ignored the dialog that is actually occurring between scientists and religion.

It might be useful to have a public dialog about the relative merits of direct democracy versus representation.

We need to welcome the discussion of population into our dialog on addressing future sustainability.

Dialog and vocals may lack a touch of crispness, but for sheer sound-and-fury, it's hard to beat this little workhorse.

Certainly if you think that science and religion have to work to fix their limits and boundaries, you are into dialog.

Quotes can also be used to indicate dialog in other forms of literature.

Dialog cannot confer this sense because words only confuse in this state.

The logo first appears on the boot-up splash screen, then the login dialog box.

Good dialog brings out the differences in viewpoint and gets at the underlying issues.

There can still be dialog to create understanding and mutual respect after departure.

They will contribute to the economy and to culture and to intelligent dialog about the world.

In fact, many cracked editions feature an install process that dispenses entirely with the standard setup dialog.

What is required here is a commitment to pursue serious dialog in social discourse.

The problems with it during dialog heavy sequences are apparent.

The rich vs poor dialog has really gotten viscious lately.

Learning how to navigate the dialog box might take an additional two or three minutes.

It is past time to move beyond emotional diatribes and try dialog for a change.

It is a flawed and childish way of thinking but the pages of this science based dialog is rife with it.

From that point, the dialog was all about mutual attack.

If you think this is not proven, you need to go to a political page and leave serious dialog to those knowledgable about this.

Nor does this dialog touch on the huge environmental aspects and numerous other insults to the people, the planet, the future.

Others have tried to do that and as the dialog progressed, inevitable retracted that view.

It's impossible to have a sincere dialog with you when you're so bent on brow-beating people into submission.

It was never the truth that political dialog inspired this crime.

Problems remain, sure, but there is dialog in the true sense of the word.

My point in posting was to try to shift the dialog in that direction.

Open dialog in private is a good thing as long as it does not go to far.

Hence the re-starting of the star wars idiocy and the un-re-starting of the dialog with the rest of the world.

Such a dialog at such late time and with such narrow margins appears unfortunately unlikely.

Dialog might have happened if this logjam had no end in sight.

The film contains little formal dialog and mostly focuses upon the daily lives of the people involved.

Pedantic stereotyping will not further this dialog anyway.

But if a male observer reacts in the terms of dialog that have been offered, he is seen as a brute.

Its mission is to educate, inspire and motivate visitors and encourage dialog about science-related issues.

Anytime you find yourself in a print dialog box, you can select a dropdown menu and turn.

It is told without a clear narrative and contains no dialog.

The result is that dialog breaks down and the participants don't exchange information so much as fling it at each other.

In the dialog box, you can select a folder of photos or iPhoto album to use as background images.

We were looking to create a healthy dialog about community colleges in the pages.

Politicians need to learn to bring the pedagogs into the dialog about learning.

Slowly but surely, dialog boxes were improved, menus were enhanced and windows customized.

New dialog boxes tell students their answers may be truncated.

Although edgy at times, the dialog was generally good-natured and showed the mutual respect each man had for the other.

Netanyahu said he would set up a committee of senior officials and experts to dialog with the protest leaders.

Suddenly all that listening hard pays off and the dialog begins to make sense.

It is the warmists of the left, seeking socialism, that cast all dialog in emotional terms.

With open-captioned films, viewers can read the dialog beneath the person who is speaking on the screen.

Entourage will present a dialog box asking if you want to merge or replace the information you want to sync with the iPhone.

He's also good at the kind of winking dialog that keeps viewers from confusing the events onscreen with something important.

You'll be presented with a dialog box with three sections.

Good dialog and some interesting statements which is the entire purpose of academic research.

Done poorly, a motion comic's simple addition of a soundtrack and voiceover dialog can equal less than the sum of its parts.

Only if an actor actually faced you could you hear the dialog adequately.

Jones' contentions with hold hard factsOne would hope this dialog could be on a higher level than.

The sharing of multiple perspectives adds so much to dialog and to the value of the magazine.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

dialogue or dialog (ˈdaɪəˌlɒɡ)

—n
1.	conversation between two or more people
2.	an exchange of opinions on a particular subject; discussion
3.	the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
4.	a particular passage of conversation in a literary or dramatic work
5.	a literary composition in the form of a dialogue
6.	a political discussion between representatives of two nations or groups

—vb
7.	(tr) to put into the form of a dialogue
8.	(intr) to take part in a dialogue; converse

[C13: from Old French dialoge, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos, from dialegesthai to converse; see dialect]

dialog or dialog

—n

—vb

[C13: from Old French dialoge, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos, from dialegesthai to converse; see dialect]

dialogic or dialog

—*adj*

'dialoguer or dialog

—n

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Word Origin & History

dialogue

early 13c., "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" c.1400.

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Mistaken belief that it can only mean "conversation between two persons" is from confusion of dia- and di-.

dialog

see dialogue.

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Slang Dictionary

dialog definition

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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FOLDOC

Computing Dictionary

DIALOG definition

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].

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