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dialogue
Meaning: a conversation between two or more people
dialogue in a sentence
How dialogue is used in real sentences:
The playwright rewrote the dialogue to sound more natural on stage.
The two diplomats opened a dialogue aimed at resolving the trade dispute before tensions escalated any further.
“Their dialogue moved back and forth as each character challenged the other.”
— from the passage The Question on Stage
Synonyms for dialogue
Other words for dialogue — conversation, discussion and exchange — carry the same meaning.
- conversation
- discussion
- exchange
Antonyms of dialogue
Words that mean the opposite of dialogue:
Where it comes from
From Greek dialogos 'conversation, discourse'
Word parts
- dia — through, across
dialogue: dia- (through) + logue (speech) - log/logue — word, speech, study
dialogue: dia- (across, between) + logue (speech)
Memory hook
DIA (across) + LOGUE (speech) — words moving across between two speakers.