About The Word Discussion
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Discussion
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What's The Definition Of Discussion?
[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 exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" Synonyms | Synonyms for Discussion: discourse | give-and-take | treatment | word Related Terms | Find terms related to Discussion: airing | analysis | argument | article | audience | bargaining | bargaining session | bull session | buzz session | canvassing | causerie | chat | colloquium | colloquy | conclave | confab | confabulation | conference | confrontation | congress | consideration | consultation | convention | conversation | council | council fire | council of war | debate | debating | deliberation | descant | dialectic | dialogue | discourse | disquisition | dissertation | essay | etude | examination | exchange | exchange of views | excursus | exposition | eyeball-to-eyeball encounter | feature | first approach | forum | high-level talk | homily | huddle | interchange of views | interview | introductory study | investigation | joint discussion | logical analysis | logical discussion | lucubration | meeting | memoir | monograph | morceau | negotiations | news conference | note | open discussion | open forum | outline | palaver | pandect | panel discussion | paper | paragraph | parley | piece | pourparler | powwow | preliminary study | press conference | prolegomenon | rap | rap session | research paper | review | screed | scrutiny | seance | seminar | session | sitting | sketch | special article | study | summit | summit conference | summitry | survey | symposium | talk | term paper | theme | thesis | town meeting | tract | tractate | treatise | treatment | ventilation See Also | argument | argumentation | communicating | communication | conference | consideration | debate | deliberation | detail | dialogue | dilation | elaboration | enlargement | expansion | group discussion | language | negotiation | oral communication | panel discussion | postmortem | public discussion | speech | speech communication | spoken communication | spoken language | talk | talks | ventilation | voice communication Discussion In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*cus"sion\, n. [L. discussio a shaking,
examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]
1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or
dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.
2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination
by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.
The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of
all other liberties. --Macaulay.
{Discussion of a problem} or {an equation} (Math.), the
operation of assigning different reasonable values to the
arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. --Math.
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