discoursenoun
uk/ˈdɪs.kɔːs/us/ˈdɪs.kɔːrs/formal[ U ] communication in speech or writing
[ C ] a speech or piece of writing about a particular, usually serious, subject:
a discourse on/upon the nature of life after death
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Informal talking & conversation
- a problem shared is a problem halved idiom
- bants
- blarney
- chatter
- chew
- confab
- conversation-stopper
- converse
- exchange
- gas
- jaw
- make yourself understood idiom
- natter
- orally
- pass
- pillow talk
- shoptalk
- talk shop idiom
- understand
- wash your dirty linen in public idiom
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