Dialog

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdaɪəlÉ’g/
• US IPA: /ˈdaɪəlÉ‘g/

Alternative forms

• dialogue

Origin

From Middle English dialog ("A literary talk, literary composition in dialog form; dialogus, the Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great; a conversation"), from Ancient Greek διάλογος (dialogos, "conversation, discourse"), from διά (dia, "through, inter") + λόγος (logos, "speech, oration, discourse"), from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai, "to converse"), from διά + λέγειν (legein, "to speak").

Full definition of dialog

Noun

1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
• 2008 , Peter Kreeft , Between Heaven and Hell: A Dialog Somewhere Beyond Death Chapter , The purpose of the dialog is not historical accuracy; the argument is all, as it is with Plato's Socrates.
2. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
• 2008 , Jay Rose , Audio Postproduction for Film and Video Chapter 8 , Besides, a video post room's console is smaller than those used for film, and you couldn't squander a dozen or more channels on dialog.
3. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
• 1475, Higden's Polychronicon: Seynte Aldelme returnyde to Briteyne..makenge mony noble bookes ... of the rewles of feete metricalle, of metaplasmus, of dialog metricalle.
4. (computing) A dialog box.
• 2010 , John Walkenbach , Excel 2010 Bible Chapter , Navigating dialog boxes is generally very easy — you simply click the control you want to activate.

Antonyms

• introspection
• monolog
• multilog

Derived terms

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic

Verb

1. (informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

Anagrams

• algoid