dialog

B1
US /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/ UK /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/
noun verb Freq #29829

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Uncommon spelling of dialogue.

    The purpose of the dialog is not historical accuracy; the argument is all, as it is with Plato's Socrates.

  2. 2
    noun

    Ellipsis of dialog box.

    You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose […]

  3. 3
    noun

    a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people

  4. 4
    noun

    the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

  5. 5
    noun

    a conversation between two persons

  6. 6
    noun

    a discussion intended to produce an agreement

  7. 7
    verb

    Uncommon spelling of dialogue.

Etymology

Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog.

Thesaurus

Opposites
introspectionmonologmultilog
Word family
Derived forms dialogicdialogisedialogismdialogistdialogizesubdialog
Related forms dialectdialecticdialecticaldialecticallydialogicaldialogicallydialogisticdialogistically

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