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Meaning of "talk down" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TALK DOWN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TALK DOWN

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

WHAT DOES TALK DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of talk down in the English dictionary

The first definition of talk down in the dictionary is often foll by to to behave in a superior or haughty manner. Other definition of talk down is to override by continuous or loud talking. Talk down is also to give instructions to by radio to enable it to land.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TALK DOWN

talk about
talk at
talk back
talk big
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
talk up

WORDS THAT END LIKE TALK DOWN

back down
break down
bring the house down
cut down
down
get down
go down
hands down
hold down
lay down
put down
ride down
sit down
step down
take down
turn down
up and down
upside down
when the chips are down
wind down
write down

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «talk down» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TALK DOWN

Find out the translation of talk down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of talk down 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 down» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

谈下来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hablar mal
570 millions of speakers

English

talk down
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे बात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحديث أسفل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

говорить вниз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

falar baixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিচু স্বরে কথা বলো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parler en bas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bercakap ke bawah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sprechen nach unten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ぎゃふんと言わせる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래 이야기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhiskusi mudhun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm thinh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெல்ல பேச
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली बोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aşağı konuşmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parlare giù
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zagadać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

говорити вниз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vorbesc în jos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μιλήσει κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

praat af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prata ner
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snakke ned
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of talk down

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TALK DOWN»

The term «talk down» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.351 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TALK DOWN» OVER TIME

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «TALK DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word talk down.
1
Brad Bird
Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing.
2
John Boyne
Children's authors don't talk down or patronise their younger readers.
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Roz Chast
I don't think any of my kids' books talk down to kids.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TALK DOWN»

Discover the use of talk down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to talk down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
In my family, kids just never talked back. origin: based on the literal meaning of talk back (= to answer someone) talk dirty to talk about sex ♢ He called one of those phone services where you pay to have women talk dirty to you. talk down sth, ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... persuade© 2 to persuade someone who is threatening to kill themselves not to jump from a high place: The policeman talked the girl down after she had been on the roof for two hours. talk down to sb to talk to someone as if they were less ...
‎2008
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The Two-word Verb: A Dictionary of the Verb-preposition ...
See answer back. talk down 1. T (4) I was trying to persuade a group of people to vote for the proposed sewer system but they talked me down. [Spoke loudly and forcefully against my point of view till I stopped talking.] 2. T (2,4) The leaders of ...
George A. Meyer, 1975
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Airborne to Chairborne: Memoirs of a War Veteran ...
“Beny . . . this is Bassingbourn . . . do you have a choice ofa talk—down controller who you would prefer to talk you down on the GCA path to landing,” asked the flight commander, who was now in the ATC, and we recognized his voice.
A. Ahluwalia, 2012
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Patient Violence and the Clinician
The following day, the psychiatrist, nurse, and safety officer who made up the aggression postmortem committee reviewed the incident and made the following report: Description of the incident: The talk down and seclusion of a female patient ...
Burr Eichelman, Anne C. Hartwig, 1995
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The Scene of Linguistic Action and its Perspectivization by ...
This means that the dynamic prepositions, i.e. prepositions denoting movement or change, are necessary to denote the change effected by the talking. Thus the surface verb is in fact not talk, but rather talk into, talk out of, talk round,talk down.
René Dirven, Louis Goossens, Yvan Putseys, 1982
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Calm in the Moment: A Book of Lyrics to Ease the Soul As We Grow
... life is ruthless I believe that goodness comes with expiration Can't believe you ended us, its termination You're the love which I'll never forget Girl I don't want to be the one To talk you down to your grave Don't want to talk down to you either ...
Alexandru Sota, 2012
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
... had to talk us down. [c. 1940] 4. See TALK DOWN TO. talk down to Also, speak down to. Address someone with insulting condescension, patronize, as in Iust because she's editor-in-chief doesn't give talked out 448 her the right to talk down to.
Christine Ammer, 2013
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Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Paperback with CD-ROM
talk down something LESSEN IMPORTANCE [M] to tell people that something is not important or interesting o Bonds is doing everything possible to talk down his achievements. • talk down to someone to speak to someone in a simple way, ...
Cambridge University Press, 2008
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
talk down 1. bej dike te' heshte (duke ngritur zerin etj.) □ / objected to the proposal, but they talked me down. □ He made another weak protest and was talked down by Jenny. 2. flas me nje ndjenje superioriteti □ 'Credit the child with some ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TALK DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term talk down is used in the context of the following news items.
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Negotiators safely talk down man from Byker Bridge following two …
Trained negotiators were joined by police and the fire service at the scene and following a two hour stand off the man was successfully talked down from the ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
2
Ex-Liverpool players talk down Sterling
Ex-Liverpool players talk down Sterling. Raheem Sterling did not "deliver" for Liverpool last season and will not be missed in the way Luis Suarez is, according ... «Football365.com, Jul 15»
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Gardaí talk down man who threatened to jump into River Shannon
Gardaí have been hailed heroes after talking a man off of a bridge in ... A female passer-by, in her 20s, was attempting to talk the man down when gardaí arrived ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
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Peters set to talk down July record
ONE record is certain to be broken on Durban July day next month — by commentator Craig Peters, who will call his 30th July and better Ernie Duffield's ... «BDlive, Jun 15»
5
Allen: Blackhawks talk down, Bolts talk up Game 1
If you listened to players talk about how they played, one might guess the ... Western Conference teams know that to take down the Blackhawks you have to ... «WTSP 10 News, Jun 15»
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German Bund sell-off extended after ECB chooses not to talk down
... who had expected Draghi to try to talk down yields after his colleague Benoit Coeure described the recent market developments as "worrying" two weeks ago. «Reuters, Jun 15»
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Police talk down distressed woman from Arbroath cliffs
Police talk down distressed woman from Arbroath cliffs ... Scotland said the woman was spoken to by officers from Arbroath who persuaded her to come down. «Evening Telegraph, May 15»
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'Talk down before the takedown': Police officers' retraining focuses …
Police officers Shakara President, center, and Lanora Moore talk with an unhappy .... "We want to talk them down into compliance, de-escalate the situation. «Salt Lake Tribune, May 15»
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Cameron, Miliband Talk Down Minor Parties in Bid for U.K. Power
Prime Minister David Cameron and opposition leader Ed Miliband sought to marginalize smaller parties in a bid for power four days before the U.K. general ... «Bloomberg, May 15»
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Man Allegedly Steals Plane at Vegas Airport; Controller Talks Him …
An air traffic controller's calm words helped talk down a former flight student from the air after he allegedly stole a plane from a Las Vegas airport. Evan Grant, 27 ... «ABC News, May 15»

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