talks
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2.3
- noun
- /tɔks/
- Formal
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negociaciones
- Yesterday I was in Salzburg for talks with European leaders.
- Arms Reduction Talks
- Strategic Arms Reduction Talks
- Peace Talks
Donald Trump is in talks for more stimulus checks.
- Donald Trump is in talks for more stimulus checks.
- Yesterday I was in Salzburg for talks with European leaders.
- Pakistan, Ghana, Egypt and Tunisia are all in rescue talks with the IMF right now.
Examples
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Pakistan, Ghana, Egypt and Tunisia are all in rescue talks with the IMF right now.
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Donald Trump is in talks for more stimulus checks.
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now? We were in talks with African Parks years ago.
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But in the meantime, infrastructure talks for now are dead.
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"U.S. Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks" ran the headline.
Blog text (32) -
Increasingly, the two superpowers pursued bilateral arms control measures, such as the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and the Anti-Ballistic Missile.
Academic text (2006) -
THEY'RE STARTING UP TALKS AGAIN ABOUT A NEW INTERSTATE?
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THEY'VE REOPENED TALKS TO BUILD A NEW INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, HAVEN'T THEY?
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In fact, Japan has been shut out of the formal workings of the Four-Party Peace Talks, nominally the forum to discuss the replacement of the 1953 armistice agreement ending the Korean War with a more permanent arrangement.
Academic text (2001) -
Yesterday I was in Salzburg for talks with European leaders.
Synonyms
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1.4
A conversation where people share ideas and opinions to decide or understand
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3.5
A discussion to reach an agreement, often in business or politics
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8.1
A discussion between enemies to try to reach an agreement or peace
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3.4
A conversation between more than one person, often shown in books or plays
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2.9
Talking and agreeing about a deal to get a better price or conditions
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3.9
Talks between representatives of different countries to solve problems and reach agreements
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4.1
The activity of negotiating and arranging agreements in business or politics
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A series of talks between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit nuclear weapons
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Talks comes from an old word for 'tale' or 'story', the same root as tale. So, formal talks are meetings where people tell and listen to each other's stories or points of view to reach an agreement.