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talks to

talks to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of talk to.

Meaning of talk to

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To show the beginnings of a romantic interest in; to flirt with over a period of time in hopes of developing a romantic relationship.
    • “Do you have a boyfriend?” — “No, but there’s a guy I’m talking to.”
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see talk, to.

Questions about talks to

What is talks to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Talks to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of talk to.

Words near talks to in the dictionary

  1. talks the hind legs off a donkey
  2. talks the leg off the Lamb of God
  3. talks the talk
  4. talks through
  5. talks through one's hat
  6. talks to
  7. talks to a brick wall
  8. talks to God
  9. talks to oneself
  10. talks to Ralph on the big white telephone
  11. talks to the fist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: talks to (page history and authors); talk to (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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