noun

1. a talking together; conversation
2. interchange and discussion of ideas, esp. when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony
3. a literary work in the form of a conversation on a single topic
4. the passages of talk in a play, story, etc.

Etymology: ME dialog < OFr dialogue < L dialogus < Gr dialogos < dialegesthai: see dialect

intransitive verb dialogued -·logued′, dialoguing -·logu′ing

transitive verb