discuss
Meaning
- (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
- (obsolete, transitive) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
- (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
- (colloquial, obsolete, transitive) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
- (transitive) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
- (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
Synonyms
talk together
confer with
consult with
from mouth to mouth
have a talk
address
Translations
discuter
discutere
diskutieren
discutir
discutir
συζητώ
discuterenFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈskʌs/
Etymology
In summary
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”).
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