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talk

(t/O/k )

an exchange of ideas via conversation(noun.communication)

Example:
Let's have more work and less talk around here.

Synonym:
talking

source: wordnet30
discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')(noun.communication)

Example:
His poetry contains much talk about love and anger.

source: wordnet30
the act of giving a talk to an audience(noun.act)

Example:
I attended an interesting talk on local history.

source: wordnet30
a speech that is open to the public(noun.communication)

Synonym:
lecture, public lecture

source: wordnet30
idle gossip or rumor(noun.communication)

Example:
There has been talk about you lately.

Synonym:
talk of the town

source: wordnet30
The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.(noun)

source: webster1913

exchange thoughts; talk with(verb.communication)

Example:
We often talk business.
Actions talk louder than words.

Synonym:
speak

source: wordnet30
express in speech(verb.communication)

Example:
She talks a lot of nonsense.

Synonym:
mouth, speak, utter, verbalise, verbalize

source: wordnet30
use language(verb.communication)

Example:
The baby talks already.

source: wordnet30
reveal information(verb.communication)

Example:
If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!.

Synonym:
spill

source: wordnet30
divulge confidential information or secrets(verb.communication)

Example:
Be careful--his secretary talks.

Synonym:
babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, tattle
Antonym:
keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth

source: wordnet30
deliver a lecture or talk(verb.communication)

Example:
She will talk at Rutgers next week.

Synonym:
lecture

source: wordnet30
To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.(verb)

source: webster1913
To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.(verb)

source: webster1913

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