TALKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talks mean? 

• TALKS (noun)
  The noun TALKS has 1 sense:

1. a discussion intended to produce an agreement

  Familiarity information: TALKS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALKS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A discussion intended to produce an agreement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dialogue; negotiation; talks

Context example:

talks between Israelis and Palestinians

Hypernyms ("talks" is a kind of...):

discussion; give-and-take; word (an exchange of views on some topic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "talks"):

parley (a negotiation between enemies)

diplomacy; diplomatic negotiations (negotiation between nations)

bargaining (the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement)

collective bargaining (negotiation between an employer and trade union)

horse trading (negotiation accompanied by mutual concessions and shrewd bargaining)

mediation (a negotiation to resolve differences that is conducted by some impartial party)

 Context examples 

She laughs and talks, and seems to like it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Then we can have long talks when we do meet. I wonder when it will be.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Before that time I talked as that girl talks.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Be very kind, and don't let her think anyone watches or talks about her.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He talks little, sir: what he does say is ever to the point.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You may have a new product launch, or you may be interviewing for a new position, as two examples, but either way, you will have to keep your talks secret for now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

One has to be discreet when one talks of high matters of state.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Talks of his being going on so well!

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

She talks of you almost every hour, and I am sorry to find how many weeks more she is likely to be without you.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

My mother often talks of your good-nature.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)