| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | talk, talking | An exchange of ideas via conversation |
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| 2 | talk | (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion | |
| 3 | talk | The act of giving a talk to an audience | |
| 4 | talk, lecture, public lecture | A speech that is open to the public | |
| 5 | talk, talk of the town | Idle gossip or rumor | |
| VERB | 1 | talk, speak | Exchange thoughts |
| 2 | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech | |
| 3 | talk, speak | Use language | |
| 4 | talk, spill | Reveal information | |
| 5 | talk, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out | Divulge confidential information or secrets | |
| 6 | talk, lecture | Deliver a lecture or talk |
| Sounds | tao'k |
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| Rhymes | airlock, balk, boardwalk, and 22 more rhymes in aok at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | An exchange of ideas via conversation. |
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| Examples | "let's have more work and less talk around here" |
| Synonyms | talking |
| Narrower | cant, pious platitude; dialogue, dialog, duologue; heart-to-heart; shmooze; shop talk; wind, idle words, jazz, nothingness; yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter, cackle |
| Broader | conversation |
| Verbs | talk; talk; talk; talk |
| Meaning | (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion. |
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| Examples | "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger" |
| Broader | discussion, treatment, discourse |
| Verbs | talk; talk |
| Meaning | The act of giving a talk to an audience. |
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| Examples | "I attended an interesting talk on local history" |
| Narrower | chalk talk |
| Broader | lecture, lecturing |
| Meaning | A speech that is open to the public. |
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| Synonyms | lecture, public lecture |
| Broader | address, speech |
| Verbs | talk |
| Meaning | Idle gossip or rumor. |
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| Examples | "there has been talk about you lately" |
| Synonyms | talk of the town |
| Broader | gossip, comment, scuttlebutt |
| Verbs | talk |
| Meaning | Exchange thoughts. Talk with. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s to somebody |
| Model | Sam and Sue talk |
| Examples | "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" |
| Synonyms | speak |
| Narrower | continue, go on, carry on, proceed; discourse, dissertate; pontificate; orate; talk down; spiel; dogmatize, dogmatise; cheek; level; talk turkey; monologuize, monologuise, soliloquize, soliloquise; converse, discourse; chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash; dish the dirt, gossip; rap |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Nouns | talk; talk, talking |
| Meaning | Express in speech. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "She talks a lot of nonsense" |
| Synonyms | speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
| Entailed by | pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say; declaim, recite |
| Narrower | read; vocalize, vocalise, phonate; troll; begin; lip off, shoot one's mouth off; shout; whisper; peep; speak up; snap, snarl; enthuse; speak in tongues; swallow; verbalize, verbalise; whiff; talk of, talk about; blubber, blubber out; drone, drone on; bumble, stutter, stammer, falter; rasp; blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate; tone, inflect, modulate; deliver, present; generalize, generalise; chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble; chatter; yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away; open up; snivel, whine; murmur; mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate; slur; bark; bay; rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave; hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate; cackle; babble; tone, chant, intone; gulp; sing |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Similar to | verbalize, verbalise |
| Nouns | talker; talk; talk |
| Meaning | Use language. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something |
| Model | Sam and Sue talk |
| Examples | "the baby talks already" |
| Synonyms | speak |
| Entailed by | address, speak |
| Narrower | run on; smatter; slang |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Nouns | talker; talk |
| Meaning | Reveal information. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Examples | "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!" |
| Synonyms | spill |
| Broader | tell |
| Similar to | spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out |
| Nouns | talk |
| Meaning | Divulge confidential information or secrets. "Be careful--his secretary talks". |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out |
| Broader | disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out |
| Contrary | keep quiet, shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut |
| Similar to | spill, talk |
| Nouns | talk |
| Meaning | Deliver a lecture or talk. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something ----s to somebody; Somebody ----s on something |
| Model | Sam and Sue talk |
| Examples | "She will talk at Rutgers next week" |
| Synonyms | lecture |
| Narrower | preach, prophesy |
| Broader | teach, learn, instruct |
| Nouns | talk; talker |