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noun
# A conversation or dialogue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, formal, uncountable
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noun
A formal conference.
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Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A written discourse.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what his or her rights are.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy
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Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: classical-studies, history, human-sciences, sciences
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verb
To converse.
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Usage: intransitive, rare
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noun
formal conversation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: conversation
noun
a conversation especially a formal one
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Broader terms: conference, group discussion
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkw- Proto-Indo-European *tlokwetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokwōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy From Middle English colloquies pl, from Latin colloquium (“conversation”), from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words). Doublet of colloquium.
Across languages
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
