dialog

Meanings

Noun

• A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
• In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
• A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
• A dialog box.

Verb

• To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

Related

Opposite words

• introspection
• monolog
• multilog

Origin

• From Middle English dialog ("A literary discussion or a work written as one"), from Old French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek διάλογος ("conversation, discourse"), from διά + λόγος, from διαλέγομαι, from διά + λέγειν.