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Discuss

Discuss Meaning & Definition
Discuss Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Discuss?

[v] speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget"
[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 Discuss: discourse | talk over

Related Terms | Find terms related to Discuss: advise with | agitate | air | analyze | argue | bargain | call in | canvass | collogue | comment upon | compare notes | confer | confer with | consider | consult | consult with | controvert | counsel | criticize | deal with | debate | deliberate | deliberate over | deliberate upon | descant | discept | discourse | discourse about | discuss with | dispute | dissert | dissertate | examine | exchange observations | exchange views | go into | handle | have conversations | hold conference | inquire into | interpret | investigate | knock around | moot | negotiate | palaver | parley | pass under review | powwow | pro and con | put heads together | rap | reason | reason about | reason the point | reason with | refer to | remark upon | review | sift | sit down together | sit down with | study | survey | take counsel | take up | take up with | talk | talk about | talk of | talk over | thrash out | thresh out | toss | touch upon | treat | treat of | ventilate | write up

See Also | address | advise | bandy | bandy about | broach | chair | confab | confabulate | confer | consider | consult | counsel | cover | deal | debate | deliberate | descant | hammer out | handle | initiate | kick around | lead | moderate | moot | negociate | negotiate | plow | powwow | talk about | talk of | talk shop | talk terms | thrash out | treat | turn over

Discuss In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discussing}.] [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See {Quash}.] 1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors. Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. --Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. --Rambler. 3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.] All regard of shame she had discussed. --Spenser. 4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. ``We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain.'' --Tennyson. ``To discuss questions of taste.'' --Macaulay. 5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.] We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. --Sir S. Baker. 6. (Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. --Burrill. Syn: To {Discuss}, {Examine}, {Debate}. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.

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