Talk

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1. Noun

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

2. Noun

To confer; to reason; to consult.

3. Noun

To prate; to speak impertinently.

4. Verb

To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.

5. Verb

To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.

6. Verb

To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.

7. Verb

To cause to be or become by talking.

8. Noun

The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.

9. Noun

Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.

10. Noun

Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.

11. Noun

discussion; (‘talk about’ is a less formal alternative for ‘discussion of’); "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

12. Verb

divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful — his secretary talks"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

13. Noun

a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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