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dialoguing

dialoguing is the present participle and gerund of dialogue.

Meaning of dialogue

Verb

dialogue (third-person singular simple present dialogues, present participle dialoguing, simple past and past participle dialogued)

  1. (informal) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.
    • Pearson wanted to dialogue with his overseas counterparts about the new reporting requirements.
  2. (transitive) To put into dialogue form.
  3. (obsolete) To take part in a dialogue; to dialogize.
    • Dost [thou] dialogue with thy shadow?c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Questions about dialoguing

What is dialoguing the present participle and gerund of?
Dialoguing is the present participle and gerund of dialogue.

Words near dialoguing in the dictionary

  1. dialogued
  2. dialogueless
  3. dialoguer
  4. dialoguers
  5. dialogues
  6. dialoguing
  7. dialoguist
  8. dialoguists
  9. dialout
  10. dialouts
  11. dialozite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dialoguing (page history and authors); dialogue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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