Synonyms: talk
Definition: the act of giving a talk to an audience
Usage: I attended an interesting talk on local history
Similar words: lecture, lecturing
Definition: teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class)
Definition: an exchange of ideas via conversation
Usage: let's have more work and less talk around here
Similar words: conversation
Definition: the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
Synonyms: talk
Definition: discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')
Usage: his poetry contains much talk about love and anger
Similar words: discourse, discussion, treatment
Definition: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
Usage: the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic; his treatment of the race question is badly biased
Synonyms: talk, talk of the town
Definition: idle gossip or rumor
Usage: there has been talk about you lately
Similar words: scuttlebutt, gossip, comment
Definition: a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
Usage: the divorce caused much gossip
Synonyms: lecture, talk, public lecture
Definition: a speech that is open to the public
Usage: he attended a lecture on telecommunications
Similar words: speech, address
Definition: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
Usage: he listened to an address on minor Roman poets
Definition: deliver a lecture or talk
Usage: She will talk at Rutgers next week; Did you ever lecture at Harvard?
Similar words: teach, learn, instruct
Definition: impart skills or knowledge to
Usage: I taught them French; He instructed me in building a boat
Synonyms: let the cat out of the bag, peach, talk, tattle, blab, blab out, babble, babble out, spill the beans, sing
Definition: divulge confidential information or secrets
Usage: Be careful--his secretary talks
Similar words: unwrap, expose, give away, reveal, let on, let out, break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge
Definition: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Usage: The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold; The actress won't reveal how old she is; bring out the truth; he broke the news to her; unwrap the evidence in the murder case
Synonyms: speak, verbalise, verbalize, utter, mouth, talk
Definition: express in speech
Usage: She talks a lot of nonsense; This depressed patient does not verbalize
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
Definition: reveal information
Usage: If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!; The former employee spilled all the details
Definition: exchange thoughts; talk with
Usage: We often talk business; Actions talk louder than words
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
Definition: use language
Usage: the baby talks already; the prisoner won't speak; they speak a strange dialect
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist