discuss
//dɪˈskʌs//
Forms
- present (v1)
- discuss
- past (v2)
- discussed
- past participle (v3)
- discussed
- present participle
- discussing
- 3rd person singular
- discusses
Definitions
1.To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
- I don't wish to discuss this further.
- Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
2.To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.(colloquial)
- We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.
- In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper.
- When the preparations were finished, he invited me with, “Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
3.To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #873
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
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”).