en talking

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: Open Mind Common Sense contributors, JMDict 1.07, OpenCyc 2012, Unicode CLDR, Verbosity players, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Effects of talking

  • en a dry mouth ➜
  • en a sore throat ➜
  • en a conversation ➜
  • en annoying other people ➜
  • en attempting to communicate ➜
  • en being heard ➜
  • en boredom ➜
  • en causing air molecules to vibrate ➜
  • en changing someone's behavior ➜
  • en communicating ideas and experiences ➜
  • en communicating with others ➜
  • en communication ➜
  • en diminished listening ➜
  • en distraction ➜
  • en the exchange of ideas ➜
  • en eye contact ➜
  • en gaining new information ➜
  • en headaches ➜
  • en hurt feelings ➜
  • en laughing ➜
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talking is a subevent of…

  • en you ask a question ➜
  • en laughing ➜
  • en open an close your mouth ➜
  • en you sneeze ➜
  • en stutter ➜
  • en walking ➜
  • en breathe ➜
  • en you choke on your food ➜
  • en cough ➜
  • en debate ➜
  • en discuss the mysteries of the universe ➜
  • en lie ➜
  • en listening ➜
  • en your mouth gets dry ➜
  • en others might listen ➜
  • en pausing to cough or sneeze ➜
  • en scratch my head ➜
  • en a sharing of ideas ➜
  • en speak ➜
  • en a story might be told ➜
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Related terms

  • en voice ➜
  • en say ➜
  • en call ➜
  • en language ➜
  • ar تكلم (n) ➜
  • ar كلام (n) ➜
  • bg млъквам (v) ➜
  • bg млъкна (v) ➜
  • bo སྨྲ བརྗོད (n) ➜
  • ceb hilomon (a) ➜
  • de indiskutabel (a) ➜
  • de schweigen (v) ➜
  • en baby talk (n) ➜
  • en blithering (a) ➜
  • en break silence (v) ➜
  • en chatter (n) ➜
  • en clam up (v) ➜
  • en cut crap (v) ➜
  • en dyslalia (n) ➜
  • en in full flow ➜
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Subevents of talking

  • en making friends ➜
  • en waiting in line ➜
  • en communicating ➜
  • en meet girls ➜
  • en answer a phone ➜
  • en eating lunch ➜
  • en enjoying the company of your friends ➜
  • en getting some physical activity ➜
  • en having friends over ➜
  • en make friends ➜
  • en meeting people ➜
  • en sleeping ➜
  • en smoking ➜
  • en socialising ➜
  • en socialize ➜
  • en standing in line ➜

talking is used for…

  • en speech ➜
  • en communicating thoughts ➜
  • en communicating with another individual ➜
  • en communicating with your boss ➜
  • en communicating with family ➜
  • en communicating with your friends ➜
  • en communicating with a stanger ➜
  • en communication ➜
  • en communication between people ➜
  • en conveying information to anyone within earshot ➜
  • en conveying meaning verbally ➜
  • en diverting attention from something else ➜
  • en expressing and communicating thoughts and ideas ➜
  • en expressing yourself verbally ➜
  • en getting directions ➜
  • en getting information ➜
  • en getting a point across ➜
  • en gossip ➜
  • en instructing others ➜
  • en keeping the vocal chords in shape ➜
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Derived terms

  • en look who's talking ➜
  • en nontalking ➜
  • en now you're talking ➜
  • en shit talking ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking over someone's head ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talking (v) ➜
  • en talkingest ➜
  • en that's what i'm talking about ➜
  • en trash talking ➜
  • en walkie talkie ➜

Things used for talking

  • en A mouth ➜
  • en a voice ➜
  • en a phone ➜
  • en taking a phone call ➜
  • en communicating ➜
  • en a council ➜
  • en having friends over ➜
  • en meeting a friend ➜
  • en a pulpit ➜
  • en standing up ➜
  • en a telephone ➜

talking requires…

  • en a mouth ➜
  • en language ➜
  • en a voice ➜
  • en being alive ➜
  • en exhalation of breath ➜
  • en knowing a language ➜
  • en a lot of intelligence ➜
  • en speaking from your mouth ➜
  • en speech ➜
  • en a tongue ➜
  • en a tongue lips and vocal cords ➜

talking is a type of…

  • en an example of communication ➜
  • en a form of communication ➜
  • en human behavior ➜
  • en louder than whispering ➜
  • en speech ➜
  • en human activity (n) ➜
  • en intelligent agent activity (n) ➜
  • en performing (n) ➜
  • en using language (n) ➜

Synonyms

  • en talk (n, communication) ➜
  • ja 通話 (n) ➜
  • en talk ➜
  • fr discourse ➜
  • fr speech ➜

Things that require talking

  • en making friends ➜
  • en agree with someone ➜
  • en socialising ➜

Terms with this context

  • es cliché (n) ➜
  • ja ぺちゃくちゃ (r) ➜
  • ja ペチャクチャ (r) ➜

Types of talking

  • en speaking (n) ➜
  • en storytelling (n) ➜
  • en telling jokes (n) ➜

Word forms

  • en talkingest (a) ➜
  • en talkings (n) ➜

Etymological roots of "talking"

  • enm talkyng ➜
  • enm talkynge ➜

Causes of talking

  • en having a conversation ➜

Things whose last step is talking

  • en chew your food ➜

Symbols of talking

  • mul 🗣 ➜

talking is defined as…

  • en most common form of socialising ➜

Derived from

  • en talk ➜

Root words

  • en talk ➜

Distinct terms

  • en listen ➜
  • en silence ➜
  • en snub ➜

Antonyms

  • en writing ➜
  • en listen ➜

Etymologically related

  • enm talkynge ➜

Links to other resources

  • sw.opencyc.org /2012/05/10/concept/en/Talking
  • en.wiktionary.org talking
  • fr.wiktionary.org talking
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