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di·a·logue 
[dahy-uh-lawg, -log] Pronunciation Key noun, verb -logued, -logu·ing.
[dahy-uh-lawg, -log] Pronunciation Key noun, verb -logued, -logu·ing. –noun
–verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 5. | to carry on a dialogue; converse. |
| 6. | to discuss areas of disagreement frankly in order to resolve them. |
| 7. | to put into the form of a dialogue. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| di·a·logue or di·a·log
(dī'ə-lôg', -lŏg') Pronunciation Key
n.
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.
[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. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| dialogue | |
noun | |
| 1. | a conversation between two persons |
| 2. | the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction |
| 3. | a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek" |
| 4. | a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians" [syn: negotiation] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Dialogue
Di"a*lect\, n. [F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to converse, discourse. See Dialogue.]1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. --South. 2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned. In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language. --Earle. [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. --Prescott. Syn: Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See Language, and Idiom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Dialogue
Di*al"o*gism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. dialogisme. See Dialogue.] An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more; dialogue. --Fulke.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Dialogue
Di"a*logue\ (?; 115), n. [OE. dialogue, L. dialogus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to converse, dia` through + ? to speak: cf. F. dialogue. See Legend.]1. A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conversation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises. 2. A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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