discuss en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈskʌs/ (Canada, General-American)
- (California) audio
- /dəˈskɐs/ (New-Zealand)
- /dɪˈskʌs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /dɪˈskʊs/ (Northern-England)
- /dɪˈskɐs/ (Australia)
Etymology
From Middle English discussen, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutiō (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatiō (“to shake”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
I don't wish to discuss this further.
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(obsolete, transitive) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?
1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
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(colloquial, obsolete, transitive) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper.
1858, James Hogg, Titan, volume 27, page 306:We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.
1854, Samuel White Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon:When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—“Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter II, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
- (transitive) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
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(obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
If too much milke be the cauſe, then the Nurſe ſhall not give the childe ſucke ſo often, nor in ſuch plenty: If it proceed from wind, and that doe cauſe the childe to be thus troubled, it ſhall be diſcuſſed with Fomentations applied to the belly and navell; and with Carminative Cliſters, which ſhall bee given him, […]
1635, James Guillimeau [i.e., Jacques Guillemeau], “Of Gripings and Fretting in the Belly, which Trouble Little Children”, in The Nvrsing of Children. Wherein is Set Downe the Ordering and Government of Them from Their Birth. Together with the Meanes to Helpe and Free Them from All Such Diseases as may Happen unto Them. Written in French by Iames Guillimeau, the French Kings Chirurgion in Ordinary, London: Printed by Anne Griffin, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker; published in Child-birth, or, The Happy Delivery of VVomen. VVherein is Set Downe the Government of Women. In the Time of Their Breeding Childe: Of Their Travaile, both Naturall and Contrary to Nature: And of Their Lying in. Together with the Diseases, which Happen to VVomen in Those Times, and the Meanes to Helpe Them. To which is Added, a Treatise of the Diseases of Infants, and Young Children: With the Cure of Them, and also of the Small Pox. With a Treatise for the Nursing of Children. Written in French by Iames Gvillimeav the French Kings Chirurgion, London: Printed by Anne Griffih, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, 1635, →OCLC, page 52:For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust, / And meet respect of honour put to flight […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affliction.
1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers:June 15, 1751, Samuel Johnson, letter in The Rambler The softness of my hands was secured by medicated gloves, and my bosom rubbed with a pomade prepared by my mother, of virtue to discuss pimples, and clear discolourations.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| discussing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| discusses | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| discussed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| discussed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
discussive · discuss Uganda · discussible · discussion · underdiscuss · discussable · discusser · discuss about · discussant · discuss to death · overdiscuss · prediscuss · rediscuss
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Relateds
Synonyms
confer · let know · put away · consume · touch · talk about · discuss · enlighten · apprise · bechat · impart · partake · tell · notify · discuss · chat · bespeak · fragment · betalk · inform · discuss · moot · talk about · impart · get outside · bespeak · ingest · splinter · acquaint · talk over · get outside · apprise · debate · put away · treat · toshiver · keep informed · busticate · treat · advise · betalk
Translations (145)
es dialogar (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · lv pārrunāt (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ja 論ずる (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · fr s'entretenir sur (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · lb bespriechen (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hi विचार करना (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es conversar (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · de debattieren (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nl bediscussiëren (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ka გარჩევა (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hu megbeszél (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ota مناقشه اتمك (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ar بَحَثَ (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ky кеп кылуу (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · lb beschwätzen (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nl discussiëren (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · dsb diskutěrowaś (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · bg разисквам (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ja 議論する (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es tertuliar (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · da diskutere (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hu megtárgyal (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · tg муҳокима кардан (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · cy trafod (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ml ചർച്ച ചെയ്യുക (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mi kiringutu (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hi वाद करना (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · fi väitellä (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es discutir (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nl debatteren (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hi बहस करना (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · de besprechen (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · sh ràspraviti (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mi rūnanga (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · sh ра̀справити (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ja 討論する (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nl overleggen (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nrf distchuter (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es argumentar (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nn diskutera (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · my နှီးနှော (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · pl omówić (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · oc discutir (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nn diskutere (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mi whaiwhaikōrero (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · sk diskutovať (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es debatir (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ga pléigh (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · my ဆွေးနွေး (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mi matapaki (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hu megvitat (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ja 商議する (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ckt вэтгаво ԓыӈык (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hi चर्चा करना (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · th ถก (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ru дискути́ровать (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · vi thảo luận (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · sl razpravljati (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · be абгаво́рваць (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ko 토론(討論)하다 (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mn хэлэлцэх (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es prosear (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es interlocutar (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · el συζητώ (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · it discutere (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · la dissertō (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · sv diskutera (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · pt discutir (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · fr débattre (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mba tuki (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nn drøfta (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · sl diskutirati (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · be абгавары́ць (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hy քննարկել (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es departir (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · eo diskuti (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · be абмярко́ўваць (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · fi keskustella (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · pl omawiać (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ca debatre (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · unm achimulsi (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hi विवाद करना (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · bg обсъждам (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ca discutir (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · it dibattere (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ms membincangkan (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · uk дискутува́ти (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · de diskutieren (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · cs diskutovat (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · te చర్చించు (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · gl discutir (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · no diskutere (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · bg дискути́рам (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nl bepraten (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · lb diskutéieren (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ms berbincang (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · fr discuter (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · th สนทนา (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nl bespreken (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · lv apspriest (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · az müzakirə etmək (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · kea diskuti (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · sh ràspravljati (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ar نَاقَشَ (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ky талкуулоо (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · da drøfte (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · be абмеркава́ць (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · de erörtern (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · tr tartışmak (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · sh ра̀справљати (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · shn ဢုပ်ႇဢူဝ်း (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mk дискутира (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ro a discuta (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ia discuter (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · kea diskutí (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · io diskutar (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mi wāwau (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · dsb diskutowaś (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · kk талқылау (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · cmn 商議 /商议 (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · grc σκοπέω (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · he דָּן (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · th อภิปราย (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ss kúcoca (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · fa بحث کردن (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · fi kiistellä (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ru обсуди́ть (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · uk обгово́рювати impf обговори́ти (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ota مناظره اتمك (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · cmn 討論 /讨论 (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ka განხილვა (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ko 토의(討議)하다 (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · hi विमर्श करना (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nb drøfte (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · grc ἐπισκοπέω (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ka კამათი (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ko 상의(相議)하다 (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · pl dyskutować (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · eo priparoli (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · nn drøfte (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · es parlamentar (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · mnc ᠯᡝᡠᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · scn discùrriri (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · ru обсужда́ть (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic) · la colloquor (to converse or debate concerning a particular topic)