To communicate, usually by means of speech.
Let's sit down and talk.
To discuss; to talk about.
They sat down to talk business.
To speak (a certain language).
We talk French sometimes.
A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal.
We need to have a talk about your homework.
A lecture.
There is a talk on Shakespeare tonight.
From Middle English talken, talkien, from Old English *tealcian (“to talk, chat”), from Proto-West Germanic *talkōn, from Proto-Germanic *talkōną (“to talk, chatter”), frequentative form of Proto-Germ...
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Gossip; rumour.
There's been talk lately about the two of them.