- can make a trumpet talk
- make the computer talk to the printer
- talk business
- talked them into going
She never talks at the meetings.
He did most of the talking during dinner.
He loves to hear himself talk.
I think she's talking a lot of nonsense.
I can't talk right now. I'm running late.
They were talking in Spanish.
We talked on the phone until midnight.
Both sides in the dispute are now willing to talk.
They are in the conference room talking business.
She had laryngitis and couldn't talk.
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articulate, bring out, enunciate, pass, say, speak, state, tell, utter, verbalize, vocalize;
air, discuss, share, sound, vent, ventilate, voice;
blabber, blurt, get off, shoot;
advertise, announce, blaze, broadcast, declare, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish;
affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow;
breathe, chirp, drawl, gasp, lip, mouth, murmur, purr, shout, spout, whisper;
put into words;
the noted author's talk on the state of the modern novel
what good will all this talk do when we need to take action now?
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14th century
argument, argumentation, back-and-forth, colloquy, confab, confabulation, conference, consult, consultation, council, counsel, debate, deliberation, dialogue (also dialog), discussion, give-and-take, palaver, parley;
bull session, chat room, forum, meeting, powwow, roundtable, seminar, skull session (also skull practice), symposium, talkathon;
chat, conversation, rap, words;
: to say words in order to express your thoughts, feelings, opinions, etc., to someone
: to have a conversation or discussion with someone
: to have a conversation about (something)
: an occurrence in which one person talks about something with another person : a conversation or discussion
: the act of talking formally about something before a group of people : a speech or lecture
: a formal discussion between two or more groups that are trying to reach an agreement about something
See words that rhyme with talk Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for talk Spanish Central: Translation of talk Nglish: Translation of talk for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of talk for Arabic speakers
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