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# dialogue

«dialogue» in Mova's school dictionary: **the words that characters speak to each other in a story…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (dialogue, dialogues; US also dialog)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Dialogue is the words that characters speak to each other in a story, play or film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#m1)

2) A dialogue is a conversation between two or more people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#m2)

3) Dialogue is a formal talk between groups or countries to solve a problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons, pupils write dialogue using inverted commas (speech marks), starting a new line for each new speaker and using said words like whispered or shouted. In drama, actors learn the dialogue of a script. In news, countries hold a dialogue to make peace. In computing, a dialogue box is a small window that asks a question.

### examples

- Put inverted commas around the dialogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#x1)
- Start a new line each time someone new speaks in your dialogue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#x2)
- The film's dialogue is very funny. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#x3)
- The two countries began a dialogue about peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#x4)
- Click OK in the dialogue box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#x5)
- We acted out a dialogue between a shopkeeper and a customer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/#x6)

### note

UK spelling dialogue; US also dialog, especially in computing. Countable and uncountable. Do not confuse with monologue (one person speaking alone).

### In the corpora

- [Common hooks are dialogue, action, a sound word, a question, a surprising fact and a strange detail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/8/)
- [In written dialogue, speech marks go around the words spoken, and each new speaker starts a new line.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/10/)
- [A writer's toolkit is a list of techniques (openings, description, dialogue) to check before and while writing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dialogue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dialogue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.