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Talk Over

Definition: Talk Over

Talk Over

Verb

1. Speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Talk Over

Synonym: discuss (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Talk Over

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Motive

Persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist, engage; invite, court.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Talk Over

English words defined with "talk over": To talk over. (references)

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Modern Usage: Talk Over

DomainUsage

Screenplays

She's come to talk over some old family matters. (A Day at the Races; writing credit: Robert Pirosh; George Seaton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Talk Over

AuthorQuotation

Cyril Connolly

The particular charm of marriage is the dialogue, the permanent conversation of between two people who talk over everything and everyone.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Talk Over

Expression using "talk over": To talk over. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Talk Over

Language Translations for "talk over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shqyrtoj (analyse, analyze, assay, bolt, call, canvass, case, check, check over, debate, discuss, explore, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, look through, moot, peruse, process, scrutinize, see, see into, study, think out, traverse, vet, view), diskutoj (assess, canvass, confer, consult, counsel, debate, deliberate, discuss, dispute, expostulate, moot, negotiate, quarrel, reason, think over, thrash out), bind me diskutime. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏ناقش (agitate, argue, bat, canvass, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, join issue with, moot, oppugn, powwow, question, set about, speak, talk, ventilate), ‏حاور (agitate, discuss), ‏جادل (argue, contend, debate, fuss, join issue with, quibble, reason, urge), ‏درس (case, classes, consideration, din into, elaborate, examine, excogitate, go over, instruction, learn, learning, lecture, lesson, period, profess, read, read up, reading, study, teach, think out, tutor, view), ‏بحث (brochure, cast about, consideration, discuss, discussion, disquisition, drilling for, examine, exploration, explore, fumble, hunt for, inquest, inquire, inquisition, investigate, investigation, look, look for, looking for, poke about, probe, prospection, pry, pursue, quest, research, retrieve, rummage, scrounge, scrutinize, search, see, see into, seek, seeking, sought, spy, study, think through, treatise, try, ventilate). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

убеждавам (admonish, argue, assure, coax, convince, exhort, induce, lead, persuade, press, prevail, satisfy, urge, win), обсъждам (agitate, argue, bethink, confer, consult, deliberate, discuss, parley, powwow, reason, revolve, talk about, ventilate), придумвам (coax, talk round, woo). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

討論 (to discuss, to talk over). (various references)

   

Czech

  

prodebatovat, probrat (talk out). (various references)

   

French

  

discuter (talk), débattre, étudier. (various references)

   

German

  

besprechen (consult, cure by incantation, discuss, review, talk about, to discuss, to review), beschwatzen (cajole, cajolery, chat about, talk into, wheedle), bereden (argue, discuss, gossip about, talk into, to argue), bequatschen (persuade), bequasseln. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συζητώ (argue, canvass, chat, debate, descant, discuss, dispute, reason). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"ון (argue, deduce, discuss, govern, judge, litigate, punish, rule, sentence). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megvitat (canvass, controvert, discuss, moot, to argue, to debate, to discuss, to dispute, to moot, to talk over, to talk sg out), megbeszélés (appointment, conference, conversation, discussion, interview, palaver, pow-wow), megbeszél valamit, megbeszél (dispute, to concert, to discuss, to negotiate, to talk over, to talk sg out). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

membahas (critise, examine). (various references)

   

Italian

  

discutere (argue, debate, discuss, dispute, moot, parley, reason, treat). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

計らう (to arrange, to dispose of, to manage, to talk over), 掛け合う (to negotiate with, to talk over with). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かけあう (to negotiate with, to talk over with), はからう (to arrange, to dispose of, to manage, to talk over). (various references)

   

Manx

  

loayr mychione echey, cur feysht fud y cheilley, cur arraghey aigney er (talk round). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alktay overay

   

Portuguese

  

discutir (agitate, argue, canvass, controvert, debate, deliberate, discourse, discuss, dispute, gainsay, knock off, moot, quarrel, rap, reason, spar, strike off, traverse, ventilate). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

examina (canvass, comb, consider, contemplate, debate, examine, explore, go over, inspect, investigate, look at, look over, observe, overhaul, overlook, peer, pry into, quiz, review, scout, scrutinize, search, study, verify, view, visit, weigh), discuta (agitate, argue, confabulate, converse, debate upon, deliberate, discuss, dispute, go through, haggle, impugn, moot, negotiate, powwow, question, reason, speak, talk). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обсуждать (canvass, confer, confer together, debate, discuss, discussing, dispute, moot, take up, think over, traverse, ventilate), обсудить (think over), дискутировать (debate, discuss, dispute, moot). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

raspravljati (agitate, argue, debate, discuss, polemicize). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pasar revista a (inspect, parade), hablar de (discuss, lecture, mention, talk about), discutir (agitate, argue, carry on, debate, discuss, dispute, lecture, talk out, talk through, treat). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tala om (talk about, talk of, talk on, tell), diskutera (argue, debate, discuss, dispute, knock about, reason, talk), behandla (attend, deal, deal in, deal with, doctor, handle, hear, process, serve, treat, try, use, vet, work). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

hakkında konuşmak (speak of, talk about, talk on, talk round), bahsetmek (advert, chew over, cite, discourse, make mention of, make noises, mention, refer, slip in, speak of, talk about, talk on, talk round), anlaşılmaz konuşmak. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

переконувати (admonish, argue, assure, bring, certify, convince, expostulate, reason, satisfy, urge), дискутувати (debate, discuss). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Talk Over

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: overtalk.

Words within the letters "a-e-k-l-o-r-t-v"

-1 letter: levator.

-2 letters: lekvar, revolt, talker, travel, varlet.

-3 letters: alert, alter, artel, avert, ketol, korat, laevo, laker, later, latke, laver, lovat, lover, oater, orate, ovate, overt, ratel, ravel, taker, taler, tarok, toker, tolar, trave, troak, troke, trove, valet, valor, velar, volar, volta, volte, voter.

-4 letters: aero, aloe, alto, arvo, aver, earl, kale, kart, keto, koel.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-k-l-o-r-t-v"
 

+1 letter: overtalks.

 

+2 letters: overtalked.

 

+3 letters: overtalking.

 

+5 letters: overtalkative.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Quotations: Familiar
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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