dialogue
/ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ noun B1- 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
- 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.
- A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation. · A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
- The relationship between two texts or artworks interpreted as responding to each other (regardless of whether this is actually possible).
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A short dialogue on the subject of the country ensued, on either side calm and concise--and soon put an end to by the entrance of Charlotte and her sister, just returned from their walk.
During this dialogue the child had remained silent, her eyes roving from one to the other, all the animation fading out of her face.
When Anne, with tears rolling over her cheeks, had gone sorrowfully upstairs, Matthew, who had been apparently sound asleep on the lounge during the whole dialogue, opened his eyes and said decidedly:
Every other Friday afternoon she has recitations and everybody has to say a piece or take part in a dialogue.
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