Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talk through

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English

Syllables: talk through
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tell (someone) step by step how to do something.

Transitive verb

verb

To comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it.

Example Sentences

"The dispatcher will have to talk him through landing the plane in the middle of a hurricane!"
"I'll talk him through the problem."
"She's utterly grief-stricken, so I'm going over to talk her through it."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

talks through (present, singular) talking through (participle, present) talked through (participle, past) talked through (past)

Phrases

pass through work through

Frequently Paired Words

pass through work through

Synonyms

walk through

Questions

What does talk through mean?: To tell (someone) step by step how to do something.

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