discussverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈskʌs/us/dɪˈskʌs/A2 to talk about a subject with someone and tell each other your ideas or opinions:
The police want to discuss these recent racist attacks with local people.
to talk or write about a subject in detail, especially considering different ideas and opinions related to it:
The later chapters discuss the effects on the environment.
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- Draft a proposal for the project and we can discuss it at the meeting.
- Late last night, the French ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Office to discuss the crisis.
- I'm very interested in your idea - shall we discuss it over lunch?
- Stop shouting and let's discuss this reasonably.
- Sex never used to be discussed in polite society.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Debate & discussion
- arena
- compare
- conciliate
- dialectic
- float around
- fly
- fly around
- get down to business idiom
- kick sth around
- negotiable
- negotiate
- parley
- reason with sb
- sit
- sophistry
- speak
- talk sth out
- talk sth over
- thrash
- toss
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