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talk
noun as in speech, address to group
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allocution, declamation, descant, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, epilogue, exhortation, expatiation, harangue, homily, monologue, oration, peroration, recitation, screed, sermon, spiel
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noun as in gossip
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allusion, badinage, banter, blather, bombast, bunk, buzz, cant, chat, chatter, chitchat, cry, gab, grapevine, hearsay, hint, innuendo, insinuation, jaw, jive, lip, noise, nonsense, palaver, persiflage, prose, racket, raillery, rot, rubbish, rumble, scuttlebutt, trash, yarn
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noun as in discussion
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argument, conference, consultation, conversation, deliberation, dialogue, interview, meeting, negotiation, seminar, symposium, visit
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colloquy, conclave, confabulation, earful, encounter, huddle, palaver, parlance, parley, spiel, ventilation
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noun as in communication with language
verb as in produce words; inform
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articulate, babble, broach, chant, chatter, confess, converse, divulge, drawl, drone, gab, gabble, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, rhapsodize, soliloquize, spout, squeak, squeal, utter, verbalize, voice, yak
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comment on, flap one's tongue, give voice to, run on, spill the beans, talk one's leg off, tell all, ventriloquize
verb as in discuss with another
verb as in address group
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accost, discourse, harangue, induce, influence, lecture, orate, persuade, sermonize, spiel, spout, stump, sway
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deliver a speech, give a talk, give speech, hold forth, prelect
Example Sentences
She added, “We do believe it was through connections in his home community and state, and we’re going to continue to talk to those who interacted with him.”
Swinney, a veteran in the independence movement, has been doing the rounds of the media and talking up what a bond could mean for the cause.
Rubio told reporters as the meeting began that the talks were aimed at “securing an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity for real prosperity.”
Such is Ruben Amorim's faith in the 26-year-old he was talking up Mount's qualities earlier this year even though the England international had been ruled out until April with a muscle issue.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off high stakes talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida on Sunday, as the United States pushes to end Russia's war against its neighbor.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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