dialogue
pronunciation
How to pronounce dialogue in British English:
UK [ˈdaɪəlɒɡ]
How to pronounce dialogue in American English:
US [ˈdaɪəlɔːɡ]
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- Noun:
- a conversation between two persons
- the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
- a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
- a discussion intended to produce an agreement
Word Origin
- dialogue (n.)
- early 13c., "literary work consisting of a conversation between two or more persons," from Old French dialoge, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos "conversation, dialogue," related to dialogesthai "converse," from dia- "across" (see dia-) + legein "speak" (see lecture (n.)). Sense broadened to "a conversation" c. 1400. Mistaken belief that it can only mean "conversation between two persons" is from confusion of dia- and di- (1); the error goes back to at least 1532, when trialogue was coined needlessly for "a conversation between three persons." A word that has been used for "conversation between two persons" is the hybrid duologue (1864).
Synonym
Example
- 1. I wish this round of economic dialogue great success .
- 2. And the screenplay and dialogue are well-written .
- 3. He also invited dissidents to what he calls a " national dialogue " .
- 4. It is time to broaden the dialogue .
- 5. Exchange and dialogue are critical .