dialogue
A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
Example
“Melinda and Bill maintained a dialogue via email over the course of their long-distance relationship.”
Other meanings
In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
“The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster.”
A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
“A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.”
Related words
- civilogue
- dialogise
- dialogual
- dialogueless
- dialoguist
- diavlog
- halfalogue
- megalogue
- nondialogue
- dialogic
- dialogue balloon
- dialogism
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "διάλογος" (conversation, discourse).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dialogue” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.