- discussion
- nounADJECTIVE▪ detailed, extensive, full, in-depth, thorough (esp. AmE)▪
They had a detailed discussion of the issues.
▪ extended, lengthy, long▪ brief▪ considerable▪After considerable discussion, they decided to accept our offer.
▪ initial, preliminary▪ ongoing▪ further▪The plan was agreed without further discussion.
▪ broad, general, wide-ranging▪a wide-ranging discussion on women's rights
▪ public▪ formal, informal▪After the lecture there will be an opportunity for informal discussion.
▪ bilateral, class, classroom, group, panel, round-table▪a series of bilateral discussions with North Korea
▪Women were asked to take part in small group discussions.
▪ one-on-one (AmE), one-to-one (esp. BrE)▪ face-to-face▪ candid, frank, honest, open▪ constructive, helpful, meaningful, useful▪ deep, insightful, serious, thoughtful▪ animated, heated, intense, lively▪a heated discussion about politics
▪ fascinating, interesting▪ critical▪ rational▪ academic, philosophical, scholarly, technical, theoretical▪ political▪ email, onlineVERB + DISCUSSION▪ have, hold▪We had a long discussion about the plans for next year.
▪The two governments are to hold discussions on the border issue.
▪ enter into▪We are hoping to enter into discussions with union leaders.
▪ be involved in, join in, participate in, take part in▪They refused to take part in the discussions.
▪ generate, initiate, prompt, provoke, spark▪These latest findings have generated a lot of discussion of the moral issues involved.
▪ encourage, facilitate, stimulate▪ merit, warrant▪ set up▪ways of setting up discussions between children to explore each other's viewpoints
▪ begin, open, start▪Who is going to start the discussion?
▪ dominate, lead▪The discussion was led by the director of marketing.
▪ bring sth up for, come up for, open sth up for▪The issue should come up for discussion at the conference.
▪The topic must be opened up for general discussion.
▪ open up▪We need to open up a discussion on the basic aspects of the theory.
▪ confine▪I wish to confine the discussion to income taxation.
▪ sum up▪Let us sum up the discussion so far.
▪ conclude, end▪We decided to end the discussion before it got out of hand.
▪ continue▪We'll continue this discussion some other time.
▪ defer, postpone▪ follow up▪Discussion should be followed up by a written report.
DISCUSSION + VERB▪ take place▪Discussions have taken place between the two leaders.
▪ centre/center on, focus on, revolve around▪Discussion centred on the contribution different groups would make to the project.
▪ break out, ensue▪An intense discussion broke out about the importance of intuition.
▪Adam raised the issue of multimedia and much useful discussion ensued.
▪ continueDISCUSSION + NOUN▪ group▪ document▪ topic▪ board, forum, list▪online discussion forums
▪I unsubscribed from every email discussion list I was on.
PREPOSITION▪ for discussion▪the subject for discussion
▪ during a/the discussion, in a/the discussion▪During our discussions we raised many issues that need deeper consideration.
▪ in discussion with▪The company had been in discussion with companies in Brazil.
▪ under discussion▪Plans for a new road are still under discussion.
▪ discussion about, discussion on▪an important forum for discussion about the arts
▪We had a discussion about political reform.
▪ discussion among▪a discussion among parents, teachers, and students
▪ discussion as to▪Discussion continues as to the relative merits of the different plans.
▪ discussion between▪discussions between the company and the unions
▪ discussion of▪a discussion of the issues involved
▪ discussion with▪discussions with the government
PHRASES▪ a basis for discussion▪We can use the draft document as a basis for discussion.
▪ discussion and debate▪The incident has provoked much discussion and debate.
▪ a forum for discussion▪The group provides a forum for the discussion of ideas.
▪ the outcome of a discussion▪The outcome of the discussions is a decision to proceed with Phase 2 of the project.
▪ a subject for/of discussion, a topic for/of discussion
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
