'Discuss' definitions:
Definition of 'discuss'
(from WordNet)
verb
To consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" [syn: discourse, talk about, discuss]
verb
Definition of 'Discuss'
From: GCIDE
- Discuss \Dis*cuss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Discussing.] [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]
- 1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors. [archaic]
- Note: This usage is preserved only in the word discussive. [1913 Webster]
- Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- All regard of shame she had discussed. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. "We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain." --Tennyson. "To discuss questions of taste." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. --Sir S. Baker. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. --Burrill.
- Syn: To Discuss, Examine, Debate. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discuss'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advise with,
- agitate,
- air,
- analyze,
- argue,
- bargain,
- call in,
- canvass,
- collogue,
- comment upon,
- compare notes,
- confer,
- confer with,
- consider,
- consult,
- consult with,
- controvert,
- counsel,
- criticize,
- deal with,
- debate,
- deliberate,
- deliberate over,
- deliberate upon,
- descant,
- discept,
- discourse,
- discourse about,
- discuss with,
- dispute,
- dissert,
- dissertate,
- examine,
- exchange observations,
- exchange views,
- go into,
- handle,
- have conversations,
- hold conference,
- inquire into,
- interpret,
- investigate,
- knock around,
- moot,
- negotiate,
- palaver,
- parley,
- pass under review,
- powwow,
- pro and con,
- put heads together,
- rap,
- reason,
- reason about,
- reason the point,
- reason with,
- refer to,
- remark upon,
- review,
- sift,
- sit down together,
- sit down with,
- study,
- survey,
- take counsel,
- take up,
- take up with,
- talk,
- talk about,
- talk of,
- talk over,
- thrash out,
- thresh out,
- toss,
- touch upon,
- treat,
- treat of,
- ventilate,
- write up