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dialog

  • /ˈdaɪəlɒɡ/ UK
  • /ˈdaɪəlɑɡ/ US
  • /ˈɖaɪ(ə)lɔɡ/ South Asia

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Variant of dialogue. Equivalent to dia- + -log or di- + -alog.

noun dialogs

  1. US, countable, uncommon, uncountable Uncommon spelling of dialogue The purpose of the dialog is not historical accuracy; the argument is all, as it is with Plato's Socrates.
  2. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of dialog box You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose […]

Opposite: introspection, monolog, multilog

verb dialogs · dialoging · dialoged

  1. US, uncommon Uncommon spelling of dialogue

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dialogue, duologue, trialogue, conversation, discourse, discussion, talk, consultation, engagement, box, window, gid, dialogues, talks, urol, exchange

noun

Opposite: introspection, monolog, multilog

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noun computing: dialog box

Portuguêsdiálogo
DeutschDialogfenster, Dialog
Русскийдиало́г dialóg, диало́говое окно́ dialógovoje oknó

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@misc{dialog_2026,
  title = {dialog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dialog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}