English Explanatory Dictionary

discuss

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
  2. To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
  3. To break to pieces; to shatter.
  4. To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
  5. To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
  6. To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈskʌs/ /dɪˈskʊs/ En-us-discuss.ogg /dɪˈskɐs/ /dəˈskɐs/

Word forms

discuss discusses discussing discussed

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”).

Synonyms

bechat confer bespeak betalk chat discuss moot talk about talk over treat debate apprise impart acquaint advise enlighten inform keep informed let know notify tell busticate fragment splinter toshiver get outside put away consume ingest partake touch

Related words

quash argue converse

Derived words

discussable discuss about discussant discusser discussible discussion discussive discuss to death discuss Uganda overdiscuss prediscuss rediscuss underdiscuss
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