dialog

Pluraldialogs

Formsdialogs, dialoging, dialoged

1. 1
   exchange of viewsnouncountable or uncountable

   A talk or exchange of words between two or more people.

   The two teachers had a long dialog about the new schedule.

   The town held an open dialog so people could share their ideas about the new park.

   Similarconversation, discussion, talks, exchange

   Oppositemonologue

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2. 2
   spoken linesnoununcountable

   The words that actors or characters speak in a movie, play, or book.

   My favorite part of the book is the funny dialog between the two sisters.

   She wrote all the dialog for the school play.

   Similarscript, lines

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3. 3
   literary formnouncountable

   A kind of writing that is set out like a talk between people.

   Our class read a dialog in which two thinkers argue about what is fair.

   Some writers use the dialog to show both sides of a big question.

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4. 4
   pop-up windownouncountableabbreviationellipsis

   Short form of dialog box. It is the small window that pops up and asks you to choose something.

   A dialog popped up asking whether I wanted to save my work.

   Just click Cancel to close the dialog without saving.

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5. 5
   verbcolloquialintransitive

   To talk things through with other people so that everyone can reach an understanding.

   Our manager wants to dialog with the other team before Friday.

   The two companies dialoged for weeks before they agreed on a price.

   Similartalk, negotiate, confer, communicate

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6. 6
   write as conversationverbtransitive

   To write something again so that it reads like a talk between people.

   For the school show, we had to dialog a fairy tale so two kids could act it out.

   She dialoged the old legend so her students could read it aloud in pairs.

   Similardramatize

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