dialogue

1. (authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.Examples: "The movie had great special effects, but the dialogue was lackluster."; "In 1936, Anstey had co-directed Housing Problems, which featured direct dialogue recording - allowing the subjects of the film to speak for themselves. As Anstey said: "At the time nobody had done it, and we gave slum dwellers a chance to make their own films.""countableuncountable

2. (philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.Examples: "A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers."countableuncountable

3. (computing, nonstandard) Nonstandard form of dialog.Examples: "Once the My Computer dialogue opens, select Local Disk (C:), then right click and scroll down."alt-ofcountablenonstandarduncountable