To express or exchange ideas, thoughts, or feelings by means of spoken words. They talked for hours about their future plans.
To give a speech or lecture. She will talk on climate change at the conference next week.
To communicate or discuss something with someone. We need to talk about the issues we're facing in the project.
To reveal or disclose information, often confidential or secret. The suspect refused to talk to the police without a lawyer present.
A conversation or discussion between people. We had a long talk about our future plans.
A formal speech or lecture. The professor gave an interesting talk on climate change.
There was a lot of talk about the new couple in town.
The talk of the town was the upcoming festival.
Negotiations or informal discussions intended to reach agreement. The peace talks will resume next week.
Language, discourse, or terminology characteristic of a particular group, occupation, or subject area. I couldn't understand the medical talk the doctors were using.