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Meaning of "talk about" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TALK ABOUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TALK ABOUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Talk about is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TALK ABOUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of talk about in the English dictionary

The definition of talk about in the dictionary is to discuss. Other definition of talk about is used informally and often ironically to add emphasis to a statement.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TALK ABOUT

talk
talk at
talk back
talk big
talk down
talk into
talk nineteen to the dozen
talk of the devil!
talk out
talk out of
talk radio
talk round
talk shop
talk show
talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey
talk the talk
talk through
talk through one´s hat
talk time
talk turkey

WORDS THAT END LIKE TALK ABOUT

about
bout
bring about
come about
get about
go about
hang about
just about
kick about
make no bones about
marabout
nothing to write home about
out and about
right about
roundabout
see about
set about
thereabout
time about
walkabout
what about

Synonyms and antonyms of talk about in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «talk about» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TALK ABOUT

Find out the translation of talk about to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of talk about from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «talk about» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hablar
570 millions of speakers

English

talk about
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

के बारे में बात करते हैं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحديث عن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

говорить о
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falar sobre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্পর্কে কথা বলুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

raconter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bercakap tentang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

besprechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

約話す
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 대한 이야기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhiskusi bab
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nói về
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பற்றி பேச
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चर्चा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hakkında konuşmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parlare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozmawiać o
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

говорити про
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vorbim despre
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μιλάμε για
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

praat oor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tala om
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snakke om
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of talk about

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TALK ABOUT»

The term «talk about» is very widely used and occupies the 5.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TALK ABOUT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «talk about» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «talk about» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about talk about

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10 QUOTES WITH «TALK ABOUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word talk about.
1
Art Alexakis
I don't talk about my past; people ask me about it. I've done things I'm ashamed of, but one thing I can honestly say is that things I've done that I regret, I've never done twice. I work really hard at that.
2
Lemon Andersen
I talk to my kids about my mother's energy and how she would have loved them. I talk about how kind and polite my father was. So that they have some kind of remembrance that even though my parents died from their addictions and so that they know they were genuine in how they were.
3
Jose Maria Aznar
I want to highlight once again that when we talk about the fight against terrorism and the circles around it and when we talk about ensuring the safety and the peace of all, we are not talking about fantasies.
4
Fred Barnes
Candidates don't have to deal with reality. They talk about the wonderful things they can accomplish as if advocating them is the same as achieving them. They live in a world of political make-believe in which everything from reconciling conflicting interests to paying for costly programs is easy.
5
Jacqueline Bisset
I have very intense conversations with friends, people I really interconnect with. We talk about politics, important things. I like to talk about ideas and get people to be specific.
6
Douglas Booth
One of the biggest things I used to struggle with was about things like going on holiday. Whereas all your friends can talk about something and plan something all year long, I know that I'm probably going to be away and I'm going to miss all of it. If a job comes up, you just can't be there.
7
Anatole Broyard
People have no idea what a hard job it is for two writers to be friends. Sooner or later you have to talk about each other's work.
8
Lynda Carter
People always want me to talk about Wonder Woman, so I do.
9
Maureen Chiquet
A lot of companies talk about letting creative lead, but Chanel actually does let it lead.
10
David Cronenberg
Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TALK ABOUT»

Discover the use of talk about in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to talk about and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read
In this mischievous and provocative book, Pierre Bayard contends that the truly cultivated person does not need to read books: understanding their place in our culture is enough.
Pierre Bayard, 2012
2
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this is a must-read for fans of this masterful yet private writer as well as for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running. ** Murakami's ...
Haruki Murakami, 2011
3
I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy ...
This groundbreaking book is the “pathway out of darkness” that these men and their families seek. Real reveals how men can unearth their pain, heal themselves, restore relationships, and break the legacy of abuse.
Terrence Real, 1999
4
What We Talk about when We Talk about Love
This powerful collection of stories, set in the mid-West among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time, was the first by Raymond Carver to be published in the UK. With its spare, colloquial ...
Raymond Carver, 2009
5
What We Talk About When We Talk About God
Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell does here for God what he did for heaven and hell in Love Wins: he shows how traditional ideas have grown stale and dysfunctional and reveals a new path for how to return vitality and ...
Rob Bell, 2013
6
Talk about Sex: The Battles Over Sex Education in the United ...
Describes the political transformations, cultural dynamics, and affective rhetorics that together helped ignite the passionate conflicts over sex education on both the national and local levels in the United States.
Janice M. Irvine, 2004
7
Enough About You, Let's Talk About Me: How to Recognize and ...
For those who see their lives in the 'mirror' of these pages, it will open your eyes and give you hope and strength. I highly recommend this book." —Paul Meier, M.D., founder, Meier Clinics
Les Carter, 2008
8
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories
These eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander display a gifted young author grappling with the great questions of modern life, with a command of language and the imagination that place ...
Nathan Englander, 2012
9
Can We Talk about Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era ...
Explores why it is important for white educators to affirm the identities of African American students, and discusses how the prevalence of racial stereotypes acts as a major psychological challenge uniquely facing African Americans.
Beverly Daniel Tatum, 2007
10
Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs
. . Ordinary people discuss their jobs with extraordinary candor.” -- US Weekly “In the age of advanced spin, this book accomplishes a very rare thing. It actually lets workers speak for themselves. . .
John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, 2009

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Talk about [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/talk-about>. Apr 2024 ».
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