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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

talk through en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To tell (someone) step by step how to do something.
    • The dispatcher will have to talk him through landing the plane in the middle of a hurricane!
  2. To comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it.
    • I'll talk him through the problem.
    • She's utterly grief-stricken, so I'm going over to talk her through it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
talking through Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
talks through Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
talked through Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
talked through Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

work through · pass through

Synonyms

walk through

Translations (10)

pl tłumaczyć krok po kroku (to tell someone step by step how to do something) · ru поддерживать (to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it) · pl przedyskutowywać (to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it) · pl omówić (to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it) · es decir paso a paso (to tell someone step by step how to do something) · pl omawiać (to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it) · es explicar detalladamente (to tell someone step by step how to do something) · pl wytłumaczyć krok po kroku (to tell someone step by step how to do something) · pl przedyskutować (to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it) · ru объяснять (to tell someone step by step how to do something)