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talk sense

talk sense verb: to say something true or meaningful to the listener, especially in contrast to nonsense.

Verb

talk sense (third-person singular simple present talks sense, present participle talking sense, simple past and past participle talked sense)

  1. To say something true or meaningful to the listener, especially in contrast to nonsense.
    Antonyms:
    talk nonsense
  2. (intransitive) To stop someone doing something foolish by persuading them with a powerful argument.
    • Please talk some sense into him.

Synonyms of talk sense

Antonyms

  • talk nonsense

Forms of talk sense

third-person singular presenttalks sense
present participletalking sense
past participletalked sense
pasttalked sense

Questions about talk sense

What does talk sense mean?
Talk sense means to say something true or meaningful to the listener, especially in contrast to nonsense.
What part of speech is talk sense?
Talk sense is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk sense?
The past tense of talk sense is talked sense.

Words near talk sense in the dictionary

  1. talk page
  2. talk pages
  3. talk past
  4. talk radio
  5. talk round
  6. talk sense
  7. talk shit
  8. talk shit, get hit
  9. talk shite
  10. talk shop
  11. talk shops

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