Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To speak with another or others about; talk over.
- intransitive verb To examine or consider (a subject) in speech or writing.
- intransitive verb To speak with another or others about something.
- intransitive verb To examine or consider a subject in speech or writing.
- intransitive verb To come to an agreement as a result of a discussion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shake or strike asunder; break up; disperse; scatter.
- To shake off; put away.
- To examine; consider and declare one's opinion concerning; hence, to explain; declare; speak about.
- To agitate; debate; argue about; reason upon; sift the considerations for and against.
- Hence To examine or investigate the quality of by consuming, as something to eat or drink: as, to
discuss a fowl; to discuss a bottle of wine. - In civil law, to exhaust legal proceedings against for debt, as the actual debtor or his property, before proceeding against the property of a person secondarily liable for the debt. See
benefit of discussion , under discussion. - In French-Canadian law, to procure the sale of (the property of a debtor) by due process of law and apply the proceeds toward the payment of the debt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To break to pieces; to shatter.
- transitive verb archaic To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.
- transitive verb obsolete To shake; to put away; to finish.
- transitive verb To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.
- transitive verb colloq. To deal with, in eating or drinking.
- transitive verb (Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, transitive To
drive away ,disperse , shake off. - verb transitive To
converse ordebate concerning a particular topic. - verb transitive, obsolete To
communicate ,tell , ordisclose (information, a message, etc.).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to consider or examine in speech or writing
- verb speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And I am quite sure also that Professor Doit would write to his class: 'Whatever topic you discuss, _discuss it originally_.
The Perfect Gentleman Ralph Bergengren 1909
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But the only upgrade Apple will discuss is the AirPlay feature of the next version of the iOS software in Apple's iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, which will let you watch video from many apps on your HDTV.
Apple TV and Roku's XD-S: 2 doors to Web-sourced shows, but different ideals Post 2010
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Whilst I prevaricate, discuss: is it better to pontificate or to ruminate?
Existential Dilemma Ulysses 2009
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Whilst I prevaricate, discuss: is it better to pontificate or to ruminate?
Archive 2009-10-01 Ulysses 2009
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What I think the article meant to discuss is the number of married people.
The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Turn Good News into Bad News 2010
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But the only upgrade Apple will discuss is the AirPlay feature of the next version of the iOS software in Apple's iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, which will let you watch video from many apps on your HDTV.
Apple TV and Roku's XD-S: 2 doors to Web-sourced shows, but different ideals Rob Pegoraro 2010
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But the only upgrade Apple will discuss is the AirPlay feature of the next version of the iOS software in Apple's iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, which will let you watch video from many apps on your HDTV.
Apple TV and Roku's XD-S: 2 doors to Web-sourced shows, but different ideals Rob Pegoraro 2010
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I thought he said the time to discuss is over and it is now time for action?
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But the only upgrade Apple will discuss is the AirPlay feature of the next version of the iOS software in Apple's iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, which will let you watch video from many apps on your HDTV.
Apple TV and Roku's XD-S: 2 doors to Web-sourced shows, but different ideals Post 2010
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The real issue here, the one that nobody wants to discuss, is not “well-off” people.
Think Progress » Steele: ‘Trust Me, After Taxes, A Million Dollars Is Not A Lot Of Money’ 2010
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