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    talk
    [tôk]
    verb
    talk (verb) · talks (third person present) · talked (past tense) · talked (past participle) · talking (present participle)
    1. speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words:
      "the two men talked" · "we'd sit and talk about jazz" · "it was no use talking to Anthony" · "you're talking rubbish"
      • have the power of speech:
        "he can talk as well as you or I can"
      • discuss personal or intimate feelings:
        "we need to talk, Maggie"
      • persuade or cause (someone) to do something by talking:
        "keep on walking and talk your way out of it"
      • informal
        (be talking)
        used to emphasize the seriousness, importance, or extent of the thing one is discussing:
        "we're talking big money"
      • reveal secret or confidential information:
        "dead men can't talk"
      • gossip:
        "you'll have the whole school talking"
    2. have formal dealings or discussions; negotiate:
      "they won't talk to the regime that killed their families" · "the company is talking with a few private equity firms"
    3. use (a particular language) in speech:
      "we were talking German"
    noun
    talk (noun) · talks (plural noun)
    1. communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion:
      "there was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk"
      • a period of conversation or discussion, especially a relatively serious one:
        "my mother had a talk with Louis"
      • rumor, gossip, or speculation:
        "there is talk of an armistice"
      • empty promises or boasting:
        "he's all talk"
      • (the talk of)
        a current subject of widespread gossip or speculation in (a particular place):
        "within days I was the talk of the town"
    2. (talks)
      formal discussions or negotiations over a period:
      "peace talks"
    3. an informal address or lecture:
      "a thirty-minute illustrated talk" · "a talk on a day in the life of an actor"
    Origin
    Middle English: frequentative verb from the Germanic base of tale.
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    verb
    1. speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words:
      speak
      chat
      chatter
      gossip
      prattle
      prate
      babble
      rattle on
      blather
      blether
      orate
      yak
      gab
      jaw
      go on
      chew the fat
      natter
      rabbit
      chunter
      rap
      mag
      utter
      say
      voice
      express
      articulate
      pronounce
      enunciate
      verbalize
      vocalize
      converse
      communicate
      confer
      negotiate
      parley
      palaver
      confabulate
      give voice
      witter
      run off at the mouth
      speak to each other
      discuss things
      have a talk
      have a chat
      have a tête-à-tête
      consult each other
      have negotiations
      have a confab
      chew the fat/rag
    2. have formal dealings or discussions; negotiate:
      parley
      confer
      debate
      mediate
      intercede
      arbitrate
      moderate
      conciliate
      bargain
      haggle
      wheel and deal
      dicker
      chaffer
      palter
      discuss terms
      hold talks
      discuss a settlement
      consult together
      try to reach a compromise
      act as honest broker
      treat with someone
    3. use (a particular language) in speech:
      speak
      use
      speak in
      talk in
      communicate in
      converse in
      express oneself in
      discourse in
    noun
    1. communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion:
      chatter
      chatting
      chattering
      gossiping
      prattling
      prating
      gibbering
      jabbering
      babbling
      gabbling
      speaking
      talking
      yakking
      gabbing
      nattering
      rabbiting
      chat
      conversation
      discussion
      gossip
      subject
      theme
      topic
      information
      news
      rattling on
      wittering
    2. formal discussions or negotiations over a period:
      negotiations
      discussions
      conference
      summit
      meeting
      consultation
      dialogue
      symposium
      seminar
      conclave
      colloquy
      palaver
      parley
      bargaining
      haggling
      mediation
      arbitration
      intercession
      conciliation
      powwow
      confabulation
      wheeling and dealing
    3. an informal address or lecture:
      lecture
      speech
      address
      discourse
      oration
      presentation
      report
      sermon
      disquisition
      dissertation
      symposium
      spiel
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