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   discuss

   /dɪˈskʌs/

   verb

   • 1. talk about (something) with a person or people: "I discussed the matter with my wife" Similar talk overtalk abouttalk throughconverse aboutdebateconfer aboutput your heads together aboutdeliberate aboutchew overconsiderexchange views on/aboutweigh upconsider the pros and cons ofthrash outarguedisputemootairventilatecanvassinformal:kick aboutkick aroundbat aboutbat around
   • ▪ talk or write about (a topic) in detail, taking into account different issues or ideas: "in Chapter Six I discuss problems that arise in applying Darwin's ideas" Similar examineexplorestudyanalysego intoscrutinizereviewdeal withtreatconsiderconcern itself withwrite abouttackle

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘dispel, disperse’, also ‘examine by argument’): from Latin discuss- ‘dashed to pieces’, later ‘investigated’, from the verb discutere, from dis- ‘apart’ + quatere ‘shake’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. discussable adjective
   • 2. discusser noun

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