talk

Definition for talk

noun as in speech, address to group

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allocution, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, monologue, oration, peroration, recitation, screed, sermon, spiel

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chalk talk, prelection

noun as in gossip

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conversation, report, rumor

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allusion, badinage, banter, blather, bombast, bunk, buzz, cant, chat, chatter, chitchat, cry, gab, grapevine, hearsay, hint, innuendo, insinuation, jaw, jive, lip, noise, nonsense, palaver, persiflage, prose, racket, raillery, rot, rubbish, rumble, scuttlebutt, trash, yarn

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hot air, idle talk, small talk, tête-à-tête

noun as in discussion

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argument, conference, consultation, conversation, deliberation, dialogue, interview, meeting, negotiation, seminar, symposium, visit

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colloquy, conclave, confabulation, earful, encounter, huddle, palaver, parlance, parley, spiel, ventilation

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eyeball-to-eyeball, interlocution, straight talk

noun as in communication with language

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speech

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argot, chatter, dialect, discourse, jargon, lingo, locution, parlance, patois, slang, speaking, utterance, verbalization, vocalization, words

verb as in produce words; inform

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chat, communicate, describe, express, reveal, say, sing, speak, tell

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articulate, babble, broach, chant, chatter, confess, converse, divulge, drawl, drone, gab, gabble, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, rhapsodize, soliloquize, spout, squeak, squeal, utter, verbalize, voice, yak

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comment on, flap one's tongue, give voice to, run on, spill the beans, talk one's leg off, tell all, ventriloquize

verb as in discuss with another

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argue, confer, consult, contact, exchange, huddle, interact, interview, negotiate, reach out, visit

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canvass, chew, collogue, commune, confabulate, confide, deliberate, dialogue, groupthink, interface, network, palaver, parley, reason, relate, touch, vent

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be in contact, carry on conversation, engage in conversation, go into a huddle, have a meet, hold discussion, join in conversation, keep in touch, thrash out, touch base

verb as in address group

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pitch, speak

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accost, discourse, harangue, induce, influence, lecture, orate, persuade, sermonize, spiel, spout, stump, sway

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deliver a speech, give a talk, give speech, hold forth, prelect

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The movement behind the protest, known as Gen Z Mada, has been calling for the president to resign - and rejected an invitation to attend the talks.

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