English to English
talk
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noun (n)
- an exchange of ideas via conversation(noun.communication)Example:
Let's have more work and less talk around here.
source: wordnet30 - discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')(noun.communication)Example:
His poetry contains much talk about love and anger.
source: wordnet30 - the act of giving a talk to an audience(noun.act)Example:
I attended an interesting talk on local history.
source: wordnet30 - a speech that is open to the public(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- idle gossip or rumor(noun.communication)Example:
There has been talk about you lately.
source: wordnet30 - The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- exchange thoughts; talk with(verb.communication)Example:
We often talk business.
Actions talk louder than words.
source: wordnet30 - use language(verb.communication)Example:
The baby talks already.
source: wordnet30 - reveal information(verb.communication)Example:
If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!.
source: wordnet30 - divulge confidential information or secrets(verb.communication)Example:
Be careful--his secretary talks.
Synonym:
babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, tattle
Antonym:
keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouthsource: wordnet30 - deliver a lecture or talk(verb.communication)Example:
She will talk at Rutgers next week.
source: wordnet30 - To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.(verb)source: webster1913
- To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.(verb)source: webster1913