dialogs
Two-way verbal exchanges
Dialogs is the plural of dialog, an alternative spelling of dialogue more common in American English and in computing contexts.
In software, dialogs are windows that prompt users for input or display information: The program opens several dialogs during installation.
The spelling dialog has become standard in technical writing, while dialogue remains preferred for conversation in literature and theater.
Exchange of ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
communication · interchange · colloquy · parley · negotiation · deliberation · conference · consultation
Segment of text
- textWritten or printed words
- quotationCited passage or price
- speechOral communication ability
- narrativeAccount of events
novel · fiction · character voice · direct speech · indirect speech · prose · storytelling · excerpt
Written words for performance
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- playwrightAuthor of stage dramas
actor · performance · stage · rehearsal · delivery · cue · spoken word · dramatic
Relating to elenctic inquiry
- PlatonicOf the Forms philosopher
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- inquiryRequest for information
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
discourse · argumentation · reasoning · examination · debate · symposium · wisdom · method
discussion
Exchange of ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
conversation · communication · interchange · colloquy · parley · negotiation · deliberation · conference · consultation · chat
passage
Segment of text
narrative · novel · fiction · character voice · direct speech · indirect speech · prose · storytelling · excerpt · writing
script
Written words for performance
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
playwright · actor · performance · stage · rehearsal · delivery · cue · spoken word · dramatic · recitation
Socratic
Relating to elenctic inquiry
- PlatonicOf the Forms philosopher
- dialecticLogical argument through opposition
- inquiryRequest for information
questioning · discourse · argumentation · reasoning · examination · debate · symposium · wisdom · method · interlocutor
popup
Suddenly appearing window
modal · alert · notification · confirmation · input · menu · form · button · dropdown · checkbox
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, grammar books
- programmingvariables, functions, for, function, debugger
dialogsmonologues
Uninterrupted speeches by one
monologs · soliloquies · speeches · lectures · sermons
dialogssilences
Stops from speaking
muteness · speechlessness · reticence · taciturnity · radio silence
dialogssilence
Total lack of sound
muteness · wordlessness · written correspondence · gestures · pantomime
- snappy dialogue
- character dialogueScripted speech between personas
- internal dialoguePrivate mental speech
- dialog boxInterface element requesting input
- inner dialogueSilent conversation with oneself
- dialogue boxInterface element requesting input