dialog
- noun
- /ˈdaɪəˌlɔg/
- US
- You can't force the dialogue, you can't schedule it.
On the nose dialogue is dialogue that is generic.
- On the nose dialogue is dialogue that is generic.
- You can't force the dialogue, you can't schedule it.
- There was nobody writing our dialogue or our monologues.
- They'll have long conferences and dialogues about these things.
- And maybe, maybe people could have better dialogue on your platform.
- And I, I did feel though, the dialogue is the star.
- I think what you said about the lack of dialogue being really key.
- And what they're writing is got some great dialogue and compelling characters.
- This is not a dialogue with Tsipato, Murray writes.
- But like where you have a healthy dialogue, I think that's a really positive thing.
- There's a beautiful passage in one of his dialogues, the Phaedrus.
- You can be rooted as an open system in dialogue with the universe.
- There are it just the dialogue is so good.
- Constance Wu is fantastic in it, but this dialogue is all over the place.
Examples
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Sometimes the dialogue is a little on the nose.
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Gosh, I just love that movie so much that I decided that I had to memorize all of Scarlett's dialog.
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And maybe, maybe people could have better dialogue on your platform.
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And so there was a dialogue report published very early on.
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Yes, a lot of the dialogue seems to be combat.
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We have here in some ways embodied the dialogue of this course.
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That's why that internal dialogue is so important.
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The apology/forgiveness dialog is just that: a conversation between attacker and victim.
Blog text (12) -
A school colleague reflected: "The formal dialog set up helped redefine beliefs for the entire school staff."
Academic text (1993) -
The book contains a captivating dialog between the main characters that reveals their conflicting emotions.
Synonyms
A talk between two or more people to share news and ideas
A conversation where people share ideas and opinions to decide or understand
A discussion where people share ideas or feelings
Speech or writing about a topic
A short angry conversation between two people
A conversation where people share ideas honestly without holding back
A formal serious talk about a specific topic
Compounds
How Formal
- Formal
- US
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dialog comes from the Greek parts dia- 'through' and logos 'speech', so it gives the image of people speaking 'through' to each other. That's why dialog means a conversation between people or characters.