Compare BEHAVIOR.Ĭhat, communication, communion, confabulation, conference, conversation, converse, dialogue, discourse, intercourse, parley, talkĬonversation with friends between or among the guests about a matter. The president summoned the state governors to a conference on education. A colloquy is indefinite as to number, and generally somewhat informal. Dialog denotes ordinarily an artificial or imaginary conversation, generally of two persons, but sometimes of more. A conference is more formal than a conversation. Discourse is now applied chiefly to public addresses. Meaning 'conversation' is attested in English from 1580s. 10 synonyms for colloquy: chat, confabulation, conversation, converse, dialogue, discourse. Talk may denote the mere utterance of words with little thought thus, we say idle talk, empty talk, rather than idle or empty conversation. (n.) mid-15c., 'a discourse,' from Latin colloquium 'conference, conversation,' literally 'a speaking together,' from assimilated form of com 'together' (see com-) + -loquium 'speaking,' from loqui 'to speak' (from PIE root tolkw- 'to speak'). colloquy translation in English - German Reverso dictionary, see also colloquially, colloquial, colloquium, coolly, examples, definition, conjugation. communion is of hearts, with or without words communication is often by writing, and may be uninvited and unreciprocated. ![]() QUIZ There are grammar debates that never die and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. ![]() There may be intercourse without conversation, as by looks, signs, etc. See synonyms for colloquy on noun, plural colloquies. Many brilliant talkers have been incapable of conversation. colloquium: noun a usually academic meeting at which specialists deliver addresses on a topic or on related topics and then answer questions relating to them. Conversation (Latin con, with) is, etymologically, an interchange of ideas with some other person or persons.
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