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Discourse Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Discourse?
[n] extended verbal expression in speech or writing
[n] an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased" [n] an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) [v] talk or hold forth formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England" [v] carry on a conversation [v] to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The article covered all the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's 'Inferno'" Synonyms | Synonyms for Discourse: converse | discuss | discussion | dissertate | preaching | sermon | talk about | treatment Related Terms | Find terms related to Discourse: accents | act | address | air | amplify | analyze | argue | article | assignment | bandy words | canvass | causerie | chalk talk | chatter | chew the fat | chew the rag | chin | colloque | colloquial discourse | colloquize | colloquy | comment | comment upon | commentate | commerce with | commune with | communicate | communicate with | communication | communion | confab | confabulate | consider | controvert | conversation | converse | converse with | conversing | criticize | deal with | debate | deduction | deductive reasoning | deliberate | deliberate upon | deliver an address | demonstration | descant | develop | dilate | discourse about | discourse of reason | discourse with | discursive reason | discuss | discussion | dispute | disquisition | dissert | dissertate | dissertation | do | elaborate | elocution | enact | enlarge | essay | etude | examination | examine | exchange | exchange views | excursus | exercise | expand | expatiate | explain | exposit | exposition | expound | feature | first approach | gab | give a talk | give-and-take | go into | handle | harangue | hold forth | homework | homily | impersonate | induction | inductive reasoning | inquire into | instruction | intercourse | interlocution | introductory study | investigate | knock around | language | lecture | lecture-demonstration | lesson | logical thought | lucubration | memoir | monograph | moral | moral lesson | morality | moralization | moralize | morceau | note | object lesson | oral communication | orate | outline | palaver | pandect | paper | paragraph | parole | pass under review | perform | perorate | personate | philosophy | piece | platform | play | playact | point a moral | prattle | preach | preachification | preaching | preachment | prelection | preliminary study | prolegomenon | proof | rap | rapping | ratiocination | rationalism | rationality | rationalization | rationalizing | read a lesson | reason | reason about | reason the point | reasonableness | reasoning | recital | recitation | religious discourse | remark | remark upon | research paper | review | rhetoric | screed | sermon | sermonette | sermonize | set task | shoot the breeze | sift | sketch | skull session | soapbox | sophistry | speak | speak with | speaking | special article | specious reasoning | speech | speechify | study | stump | survey | sweet reason | take counsel with | take the floor | take the stump | take up | talk | talk about | talk of | talk over | talk together | talking | task | teaching | term paper | theme | thesis | thresh out | touch upon | tract | tractate | travelogue | treat | treat of | treatise | treatment | utterance | ventilate | verbal intercourse | verbalization | visit with | voice | words | write up | yakkety-yak | yakking See Also | address | address | argue | baccalaureate | chaffer | chat | chatter | chitchat | claver | communicating | communication | confab | confabulate | consideration | contend | context | context of use | cover | deal | debate | descant | detail | dilation | elaboration | enlargement | evangelism | expansion | fence | gossip | handle | homily | interview | jaw | kerugma | kerygma | language unit | linguistic context | linguistic unit | natter | plow | preachment | question | Sermon on the Mount | speak | speech | talk | talk | talk shop | treat | visit Discourse In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*course"\, n. [L. discursus a running to and fro,
discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to
discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See
{Course}.]
1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it
were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a
conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning;
range of reasoning faculty. [Obs.]
Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of
natural reason. --South.
Sure he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not That
capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused.
--Shak.
2. Conversation; talk.
In their discourses after supper. --Shak.
Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the
mouth with copious discourse. --Locke.
3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing.
Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. --Shak.
4. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a
given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation;
sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on
duty.
5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs.]
Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse Betwixt
Tigranes and our king, and how We got the victory.
--Beau. & Fl.
\Dis*course"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Discoursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discoursing}.] 1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs.] ``Have sense or can discourse.'' --Dryden. 2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse. Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. --Shak. 3. To relate something; to tell. --Shak. 4. To treat of something in writing and formally. \Dis*course"\, v. t. 1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.] The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. --Foxe. 2. To utter or give forth; to speak. It will discourse most eloquent music. --Shak. 3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs.] I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. --Evelyn. |
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