Definition of "dialogue"

dialogue

/ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural dialogues
1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
  Quotations
  Guido and Francesca exchanged looks; for the attention with which both had listened had enabled them to comprehend with tolerable accuracy the preceding dialogue.
  1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 200
  The hours of dialogue with Winfrey, which culminated in a choked-up moment on Friday night as he discussed the impact of his cheating on his family, appear to have failed to give Armstrong the redemption that he craves.
  2013 January 19, Paul Harris, The Guardian‎
2. (authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
  Quotations
  In 1936, Anstey had co-directed Housing Problems, which featured direct dialogue recording - allowing the subjects of the film to speak for themselves. As Anstey said: "At the time nobody had done it, and we gave slum dwellers a chance to make their own films."
  2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 42
3. (philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
4. (computing) A dialogue box.
verb
third-person singular simple present dialogues, present participle dialoguing, simple past and past participle dialogued
1. (informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
2. (transitive) To put into dialogue form.
3. (obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
  Quotations
  Dost [thou] dialogue with thy shadow?
  c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene ii], page

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