discuss

discuss
verb
ADVERB
▪ exhaustively, fully, in detail, thoroughly
▪

The plan was discussed in great detail.

▪ at length, endlessly, extensively
▪

These ideas will be discussed at greater length in the next chapter.

▪ briefly
▪ further
▪ freely, openly
▪

This problem has never been discussed openly before.

▪ informally
▪ critically, intelligently, seriously
▪

Students should be encouraged to discuss critically the information they are given.

▪ publicly
▪ explicitly (esp. AmE)
VERB + DISCUSS
▪ convene (sth) to, meet to
▪

to convene a conference to discuss the country's political future

▪

The committee meets regularly to discuss these issues.

▪ want to, wish to, would like to
▪ need to
▪ refuse to
▪

He refused to discuss it with me.

▪ be able to
▪ be prepared to, be willing to
▪

I'm not prepared to discuss this on the phone.

PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪

I'd like to discuss this matter with you later.

PHRASES
▪ as discussed
▪

We will send you an invoice as discussed.

▪ a forum to discuss sth
▪ have sth to discuss
▪

Can you leave us alone? We have business to discuss.

▪ an opportunity to discuss sth
▪ widely discussed
▪

The proposals have been widely discussed in the media.

Discuss is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑article, ↑cabinet, ↑chapter, ↑essay, ↑meeting
Discuss is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alternative, ↑arrangement, ↑aspect, ↑business, ↑concept, ↑detail, ↑disagreement, ↑experience, ↑extent, ↑feasibility, ↑feeling, ↑finding, ↑future, ↑hypothesis, ↑idea, ↑implementation, ↑implication, ↑importance, ↑incident, ↑issue, ↑matter, ↑merit, ↑motion, ↑nature, ↑plan, ↑point, ↑politics, ↑possibility, ↑problem, ↑proposal, ↑pros and cons, ↑question, ↑reason, ↑recommendation, ↑reform, ↑religion, ↑report, ↑research, ↑sexuality, ↑situation, ↑strategy, ↑subject, ↑tactic, ↑technicality, ↑theme, ↑thing, ↑topic, ↑view, ↑work

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  • Discuss — Dis*cuss , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discussing}.] [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis + quatere to shake, strike. See {Quash}.] 1. To break to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • discuss — discuss, argue, debate, dispute, agitate mean to discourse about something in order to arrive at the truth or to convince others. Discuss implies an attempt to sift or examine especially by presenting considerations pro and con; it often suggests …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • discuss — mid 14c., to examine, investigate, from L. discuss , pp. stem of discutere to dash to pieces, agitate, in L.L. and V.L. also to discuss, investigate (see DISCUSSION (Cf. discussion)). Meaning to examine by argument, debate is from mid 15c.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • discuss — [di skus′] vt. [ME discussen, to examine, scatter < L discussus, pp. of discutere, to strike asunder, scatter < dis , apart + quatere, to shake, beat: see QUASH2] 1. Obs. to disperse; dispel 2. to talk or write about; take up in… …   English World dictionary

  • discuss — I verb agitare, air, analyze, argue for and against, argue the case, argue the point, bandy words, carry on a conversation, comment, comment upon, confabulate, confer, confer with, consider, consult, contend in words, contest, converse, debate,… …   Law dictionary

  • discuss — [v] talk over with another altercate, argue, bounce off*, canvass, compare notes, confabulate, confer, consider, consult with, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, discept, discourse about, dispute, dissert, dissertate,… …   New thesaurus

  • discuss — ► VERB 1) talk about so as to reach a decision. 2) talk or write about (a topic) in detail. DERIVATIVES discussable adjective. ORIGIN Latin discutere dash to pieces (later investigate ) …   English terms dictionary

  • discuss */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈskʌs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms discuss : present tense I/you/we/they discuss he/she/it discusses present participle discussing past tense discussed past participle discussed Get it right: discuss: The verb discuss is never used… …   English dictionary

  • discuss — 01. I [discussed] the project with my boss for over an hour. 02. You should [discuss] this with your parents before you make any decision. 03. The matter was [discussed] at our management meeting this morning. 04. The Prime Minister met with his… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • discuss — di|scuss W1S3 [dıˈskʌs] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: discussus, past participle of discutere to shake to pieces ] 1.) to talk about something with another person or a group in order to exchange ideas or decide something ▪ Littman… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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