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discuss.

To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/dɪˈskʌs/Received-Pronunciation/dɪˈskʊs/Northern-England/dɪˈskʌs/Canada, General-American/dɪˈskɐs/Australia
  1. To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.

    transitive
    Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
    I don't wish to discuss this further.
  2. To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To break to pieces; to shatter.

    obsolete · transitive
  4. To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.

    colloquial · obsolete · transitive
  5. To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.

    transitive
  6. To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

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