duologue
Americannoun
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a conversation between two persons; dialogue.
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a dramatic performance or piece in the form of a dialogue limited to two speakers.
noun
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a part or all of a play in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors
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a less common word for dialogue
Etymology
Origin of duologue
First recorded in 1860–65; duo- + (mono)logue
Vocabulary lists containing duologue
It Takes Two: Di
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Reading: Literature - Drama - High School
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Example Sentences
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Set in a cramped La Puente apartment, the play is a bilingual duologue between Alma, an undocumented immigrant, and Angel, her American-born daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
She has a separate history of duologue with Mr. Blake, her former mentor at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and a venerable pianist adept at fostering harmonic intrigue.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2016
That experience of honing a duologue, on record and on tour, had some bearing on “The Seasons.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2016
But this newer play is not a duologue but a monologue — Robertson is alone on stage all night long, with only Kevin Depinet's ghostly set and Mike Tutaj's projections for company.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jun. 2, 2011
The long duologue between Bonaparte and the Irish lady ends with the General declaring that he will only be beaten when he meets an English army under an Irish general.
From George Bernard Shaw by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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