Meaning of dialogue in English

dialogue

noun [ C or U ]

(US also dialog)

/ˈdaɪ.ə.lɒɡ/ us

/ˈdaɪ.ə.lɑːɡ/

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conversation that is written for a book, play, or film:

The play contained some very snappy/witty dialogue.

dialogue between Act Two begins with a short dialogue between father and son.

formal talks between opposing countries, political groups, etc.:

enter into dialogue with The rebel leaders stated that they are willing to enter into dialogue with the government.

engage in dialogue The two sides have at last begun to engage in a constructive dialogue.

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The actors struggled manfully with some of the worst lines of dialogue ever written.
The dialogue was unconvincing, partly because it was American actors trying to speak London English.
The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original Russian.
During certain scenes of the play there isn't any script and the actors just improvise the dialogue.
The two governments have agreed to engage in a comprehensive dialogue to resolve the problem.

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(Definition of dialogue from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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dialogue

noun [ C/U ]

(also dialog)

/ˈdɑɪ·əˌlɔɡ, -ˌlɑɡ/

dialogue noun [C/U] (CONVERSATION)

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literature

conversation between the characters in a story, such as in a book or movie:

[ U ] Oscar Wilde’s plays are famous for their witty dialogue.

dialogue noun [C/U] (EXCHANGE OF OPINION)

a serious exchange of opinion, esp. among people or groups that disagree:

[ C ] We have held a number of meetings, and the dialogue is ongoing.

(Definition of dialogue from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of dialogue

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Issues relating to authenticity of dialogues are complex and have been hotly debated.

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Ill-structured problems tend to produce ' dialogues of the deaf' that can defy resolution for long periods.

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In such contexts, dialogues on appropriation, inequalities of power, the user and ^ the used are irrelevant.

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We first trained models for each system on a random 90% of the dialogues for that system.

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We first tested models trained on dialogues with novices against dialogues with experts.

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We trained with 10 random samples of 27, 55, 110, 220, 330 and 490 dialogues and then tested on an unseen 10% of the dialogues.

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The book is unusually varied, comprising poems, dialogues, personal reminiscences, chapters interlarded with proverbs, quotes from the honoree's works, and conventional papers.

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Language teaching materials tend to concentrate on monologues or dialogues where turn-taking is structured and predictable, with some kind of transactional goal.

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The author highlights nine discourse features in seven featured dialogues published in coursebooks between 1981 and 1997.

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A qualitative method with a focus on dialogues in the classroom was used in the inquiry process.

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While students deployed all four language skills, their dialogues retained a number of grammatical and lexical uncertainties.

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Such dialogues are essentially hybrid: they involve both synchronous interaction typical of face-toface conversations and asynchronous interaction as found in written or email communication.

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First, that the conversational competence required for practical dialogues, while still complex, is significantly simpler to achieve than general human conversational competence.

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Intonation is a central concern for interactive spoken language systems for both recognition and synthesis of effective dialogues.

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The algorithm is evaluated and shown to successfully recognize the start and continuation of clarification dialogues in 94% of cases.

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Collocations with dialogue

dialogue

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bilateral dialogue

At the same time, we shall continue to pursue our bilateral dialogue on human rights.

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constant dialogue

It is a decision based on prior experience, and one that emerges in the constant dialogue with the notation.

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constructive dialogue

In this spirit of constructive dialogue, we point out some important methodological issues that are insufficiently emphasized in the target article.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

對話，對白, （敵對國家、政治團體間的）對話…

Meaning of dialogue in English

dialogue | American Dictionary

dialogue noun [C/U] (CONVERSATION)

dialogue noun [C/U] (EXCHANGE OF OPINION)

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