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TALK ABOUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Discuss or mention
Example:
They spoke of many things
Synonyms:
talk about; talk of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "talk about" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "talk about"):
discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)
blaspheme (speak of in an irreverent or impious manner)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
To consider or examine in speech or writing
Example:
The class discussed Dante's 'Inferno'
Synonyms:
discourse; discuss; talk about
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "talk about" is one way to...):
address; cover; deal; handle; plow; treat (act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "talk about"):
descant (talk at great length about something of one's interest)
talk shop (discuss matters that are related to work)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Context examples:
I want you to talk about me to Mr Elliot.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Do you suppose they don't all talk about you?
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We had a long talk about it.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
I went to the medicine-man, what you call missionary, and had large talk about the bad water and the payment that should be mine.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
I tried to get him to talk about the past few days, for any clue to his thoughts would be of immense help to me; but he would not rise.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The false colors provide a way to humans to talk about infrared wavelengths of light their eyes cannot actually see.
(Citizen Scientists Discover Yellow "Space Balls", NASA)
I bethought myself to talk about the school and my scholars.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The peasant listened, and when he heard them talk about feasting he was vexed that he had been forced to make shift with a slice of bread and cheese.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
A little occasional talk about half-crowns, oysters, or any other extraneous subject produces a pleasing effect of delirium.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
