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TALKS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A discussion intended to produce an agreement
Example:
talks between Israelis and Palestinians
Synonyms:
dialogue; negotiation; talks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("talks" is a kind of...):
discussion; give-and-take; word (an exchange of views on some topic)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "talks"):
parley (a negotiation between enemies)
diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations (negotiation between nations)
bargaining (the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement)
collective bargaining (negotiation between an employer and trade union)
horse trading (negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining)
mediation (a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb talk
Context examples:
Don't pretend to deny it, because you know it is what every body talks of.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
In English; for my lady talks it more than she doth French.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He endeavours to fill me with hope and talks as if life were a possession which he valued.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A type of therapy in which the whole family talks with a professional counselor to solve family problems.
(Family therapy, NCI Dictionary)
I’ll have some talks with you some time.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I have had some confidential talks with Mr. James Wilder, his Grace’s secretary.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A specialist who talks to patients and their families about emotional and personal matters, and can help them make decisions.
(Counselor, NCI Dictionary)
“I reckon,” he said at last, “I reckon, Cap'n Hawkins, you'll kind of want to get ashore now. S'pose we talks.”
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Mr. Thorpe is such a very particular friend of my brother's, that if he talks to me, I must talk to him again; but there are hardly three young men in the room besides him that I have any acquaintance with.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Lydia gaped as he opened the volume, and before he had, with very monotonous solemnity, read three pages, she interrupted him with: Do you know, mamma, that my uncle Phillips talks of turning away Richard; and if he does, Colonel Forster will hire him.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
