direct dialogue

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectanddialogue

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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dialogue
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdaɪ.ə.lɒɡ/us
/ˈdaɪ.ə.lɑːɡ/
conversation that is written for a book, play, ...
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(Definition ofdirectanddialoguefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect dialogue

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Where people want to engage indirectdialoguethey should not be discouraged from doing so, and when custom blocks dialogue, alternative avenues need to be provided to facilitate it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The case thus appears as an unusuallydirectdialoguebetween the justices of the court and a lawyer requesting that they reconsider and clarify their own previous opinion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
While watching others and demonstrating trustworthy behaviour will always be part of the trust-building process,directdialoguecan go a long way towards clarifying facts and stopping rumours.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In our view, the opening of adirectdialogueshould not be made subject to any precondition.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The new organisation will encourage the establishment of a flexible anddirectdialoguewith industry.
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I am hoping for open anddirectdialoguewhich will allow us to adopt a reasonable and sensible budget for 2011.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We believe in a frank, open anddirectdialogue.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We will not co-sponsor it since we think thatdirectdialoguestill has potential.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Why not try to understand, through a new survey or by maintaining ongoingdirectdialoguewith consumers, what it is that they really want?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In my opinion, the immediate aims of thisdirectdialogueare the gradual extension and observation of the cease-fire.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are ready to enter into adirectdialogueto find out how this is best done.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
In our view, the opening of adirectdialogueshould not be subject to any precondition.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Directdialoguebetween the parties is essential.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I believe that he may have been alluding in part to the fact that there have been moments when we have not engaged indirectdialogue.
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Hansard archive
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However, there must bedirectdialoguebetween the parties to the conflict, and that can take place at an extremely low and insignificant level without losing its value.
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Hansard archive
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As a result, the students had difficulty obtaining their goal ofdirectdialoguewith the government.
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Their art is indirectdialoguewith contemporary culture.
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The material itself gets to speak: there is no mediation or transition, but adirectdialogue, reflecting on aspiration and tragedy, the battlefields of mankind and human nature itself.
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As the students paraded the streets of the capital, shouting slogans demandingdirectdialoguewith the king (instead of dialogue via the royal commission), bystanders joined the procession.
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