noun

a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.

the book consisted of a series of dialogues

conversation,talk,communication,interchange,discourse,argument,chat,chatter,chit-chat,chitter-chatter,gossip,jawing,gassing,gabbing,nattering,chinwagging,convo,confabulation,converse,interlocution,duologue,colloquy,script,text,screenplay,speech,lines,words,parts,spoken parts

verb

take part in a conversation or discussion to resolve a problem.

he stated that he wasn’t going to dialogue with the guerrillas