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English noun: talk | |||
| 1. | talk (communication) an exchange of ideas via conversation | ||
| Samples | Let's have more work and less talk around here. | ||
| Synonyms | talking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conversation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cackle, cant, chatter, dialog, dialogue, duologue, heart-to-heart, idle words, jazz, malarkey, malarky, nothingness, pious platitude, shmooze, shop talk, wind, yack, yak, yakety-yak | ||
| 2. | talk (communication) discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') | ||
| Samples | His poetry contains much talk about love and anger. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discourse, discussion, treatment | ||
| 3. | talk (act) the act of giving a talk to an audience | ||
| Samples | I attended an interesting talk on local history. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lecture, lecturing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chalk talk | ||
| 4. | talk (communication) a speech that is open to the public | ||
| Samples | He attended a lecture on telecommunications. | ||
| Synonyms | lecture, public lecture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | address, speech | ||
| 5. | talk (communication) idle gossip or rumor | ||
| Samples | There has been talk about you lately. | ||
| Synonyms | talk of the town | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comment, gossip, scuttlebutt | ||
English verb: talk | |||
| 1. | talk (communication) exchange thoughts; talk with | ||
| Samples | We often talk business. Actions talk louder than words. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue talk | ||
| Synonyms | speak | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | butterfly, carry on, chat up, cheek, continue, converse, coquet, coquette, dally, discourse, discourse, dish the dirt, dissertate, dogmatise, dogmatize, flirt, go on, gossip, hold forth, level, mash, monologuise, monologuize, orate, philander, pontificate, proceed, rap, romance, soliloquise, soliloquize, spiel, talk down, talk turkey | ||
| 2. | talk (communication) express in speech | ||
| Samples | She talks a lot of nonsense. This depressed patient does not verbalize. | ||
| Synonyms | mouth, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | babble, bark, bay, begin, blab, blabber, blubber, blubber out, blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, bumble, cackle, chant, chatter, chatter, clack, deliver, drone, drone on, ejaculate, enthuse, falter, gabble, generalise, generalize, gibber, gulp, hiss, inflect, intone, jabber, jaw, lip off, maunder, maunder, modulate, mouth off, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, open up, palaver, peep, phonate, piffle, prate, prattle, present, rabbit on, rant, rasp, rattle on, rave, read, shoot one's mouth off, shout, sibilate, sing, siss, sizz, slur, snap, snarl, snivel, speak in tongues, speak up, spout, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk about, talk of, tattle, tittle-tattle, tone, tone, troll, twaddle, verbalise, verbalize, vocalise, vocalize, whiff, whine, whisper, yack, yack away, yap away | ||
| Verb group | verbalise, verbalize | ||
| 3. | talk (communication) use language | ||
| Samples | The baby talks already. The prisoner won't speak. They speak a strange dialect. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue talk | ||
| Synonyms | speak | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, intercommunicate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | run on, slang, smatter | ||
| 4. | talk (communication) reveal information | ||
| Samples | If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!. The former employee spilled all the details. | ||
| Synonyms | spill | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tell | ||
| Verb group | babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle | ||
| 5. | talk (communication) divulge confidential information or secrets | ||
| Samples | Be careful--his secretary talks. | ||
| Synonyms | babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, tattle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | ||
| Verb group | spill, talk | ||
| Antonyms | keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth | ||
| 6. | talk (communication) deliver a lecture or talk | ||
| Samples | She will talk at Rutgers next week. Did you ever lecture at Harvard?. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue talk | ||
| Synonyms | lecture | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Something ----s to somebody. Somebody ----s on something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instruct, learn, teach | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | preach, prophesy | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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