Discuss Meaning
/dɪˈskʌs/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
verbTo communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
Sentence Examples
Let's discuss your love problems on the way back from school.
The chairman suggested that we should discuss the problem.
We have a very full agenda of issues to discuss.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We will ____ the project details during the meeting tomorrow.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Let's ____ your love problems on the way back from school.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page."
— c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
"Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?"
— 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
"When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—“Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal."
— 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter II, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
"We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us."
— 1854, Samuel White Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon:
"In the first room we entered, a soldier and a man, like a clerk or dominie, were discussing a bottle of red wine; they immediately sprang up and politely proffered us each a bumper."
— 1858, James Hogg, Titan, volume 27, page 306:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We will ____ the project details during the meeting tomorrow.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Let's ____ your love problems on the way back from school.