discuss
[ dih-skuhs ]
/ dɪˈskʌs /
verb (used with object)
to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
Civil Law.
- to collect a debt from (the person primarily liable) before proceeding against the person secondarily liable.
- to execute against the movable property of (a debtor) before proceeding against the debtor's immovable property, as land.
Rare.
to consume (food or drink) enthusiastically.
Obsolete.
to make known; reveal.
Origin of discuss
1300–50; Middle English (< Anglo-French
discusser) < Latin
discussus struck asunder, shaken, scattered, past participle of
discutere, equivalent to
dis-
dis-1 +
-cutere (combining form of
quatere to shake, strike)
SYNONYMS FOR discuss
synonym study for discuss
1. See
argue.
OTHER WORDS FROM discuss
Words nearby discuss
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discutient,
disdain,
disdainful
Example sentences from the Web for discussable
She declined to treat any question of Milly's own "paying" power as discussable; that Milly would pay a hundred per cent.
The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 |Henry JamesYou speak of it as a discussable thing—it's the cream of your letter.
The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II |Henry JamesShe also affirmed that the limitation of armaments desired by President Wilson was "discussable."
But the decisive and discussable form of this is well summed up in that phrase about the health adviser of society.
Eugenics and Other Evils |G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for discussable
discuss
/ (dɪˈskʌs) /
verb (tr)
to have a conversation about; consider by talking over; debate
to treat (a subject) in speech or writing
the first three volumes discuss basic principles
facetious, rare
to eat or drink with enthusiasm
Derived forms of discuss
discussant or discusser, noun discussible or discussable, adjectiveWord Origin for discuss
C14: from Late Latin
discussus examined, from
discutere to investigate, from Latin: to dash to pieces, from
dis-
1 +
quatere to shake, strike