English Online Dictionary. What means discuss? What does discuss mean?
English
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈskʌs/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /dɪˈskʊs/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪˈskʌs/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɪˈskɐs/
- Rhymes: -ʌs
Verb
discuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed)
- (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
- (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
- (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
- (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
- (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
- (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
- June 15, 1751, Samuel Johnson, letter in The Rambler
- The softness of my hands was secured by medicated gloves, and my bosom rubbed with a pomade prepared by my mother, of virtue to discuss pimples, and clear discolourations.
Synonyms
- (converse about a topic): bespeak, betalk, debate, talk about
Derived terms
Related terms
- quash
Translations
See also
- argue
Further reading
- “discuss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “discuss”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “discuss”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.