dialogue

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A conversation between two or more people.
2. n. Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative.
3. n. The lines or passages in a script that are intended to be spoken.
4. n. A literary work written in the form of a conversation: the dialogues of Plato.
5. n. Music A composition or passage for two or more parts, suggestive of conversational interplay.
6. n. An exchange of ideas or opinions: achieving constructive dialogue with all political elements.
7. v. To express as or in a dialogue.
8. v. To converse in a dialogue.
9. v. Usage Problem To engage in an informal exchange of views.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A conversation between two or more persons; a colloquy; a talk together.
2. n. Specifically.
3. n. A literary work in the form of an imaginary conversation or discussion — Used as the means of conveying views or opinions: as, the Dialogues of Plato.
4. n. Used as part of a play to be acted, or to be spoken as a school exercise.
5. To discourse together; converse; talk; confer.
6. To express as in dialogue; put in the form of a dialogue.

Wiktionary

1. n. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
2. n. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
3. n. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
4. n. A dialogue box.
5. v. To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.
2. n. A written composition in which two or more persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic.
3. v. To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
4. v. To express as in dialogue.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a conversation between two persons
2. n. a discussion intended to produce an agreement
3. n. a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
4. n. the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction