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Antonyms for dialogue

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahy-uh-lawg, -log
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg

Definition of dialogue

Origin :
  • early 13c., "literary work consisting of a conversation between two or more persons," from Old French dialoge, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos "conversation, dialogue," related to dialogesthai "converse," from dia- "across" (see dia-) + legein "speak" (see lecture (n.)).
  • Sense broadened to "a conversation" c.1400. Mistaken belief that it can only mean "conversation between two persons" is from confusion of dia- and di- (1). A word for "conversation between two persons" is the hybrid duologue (1864).
  • noun talk
Example sentences :
  • Burlesque, farce and extravagance of situation and dialogue.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • Each phrase of the dialogue reveals her soul, dark fold on fold.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • He turned the dialogue to that point, and thanked him for it.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • After a moment's pause, he resumed the dialogue, as if nothing had been said to disturb its harmony.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • This interesting portion of the dialogue is not in Michelant.
  • Extract from : « Dialogues in French and English » by William Caxton
  • Neither in the Republic, nor in any other Dialogue of Plato, is a single character repeated.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • This is a sort of landing-place or break in the middle of the dialogue.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • The dialogue is an enquiry into the nature of knowledge, which is interrupted by two digressions.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • In this latter portion of the Dialogue there are many texts which may help us to speak and to think.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • We may now pass on to the second part of the Dialogue, which is a criticism on the first.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

Synonyms for dialogue

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