dialogue
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a conversation between two persons
Types & categories
- talk hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- actor's line part meronym
Sense 3 noun
a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek
Types & categories
- literary composition hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a discussion intended to produce an agreement
the buyout negotiation lasted several days
Types & categories
- give-and-take hypernym
- parley hyponym
- diplomacy hyponym
- bargaining hyponym
- collective bargaining hyponym
- horse trading hyponym
- mediation hyponym
Related & opposite
- negotiate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | talk |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | actor's line |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | script |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | duologue |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | literary composition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | negotiate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | give-and-take |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | parley |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | diplomacy |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bargaining |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | collective bargaining |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | horse trading |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mediation |