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discuss [ di·scuss ]

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dɪˈskʌs ]
[
UK
dɪˈskʌs ]
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1. Talk about (something) with a person or people.

they were discussing where to go for a drink

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2. Talk or write about (a topic) in detail, taking into account different issues or ideas.

in Chapter Six I discuss problems that arise in applying Darwin's ideas

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Origin

1. Late Middle English (in the sense ‘dispel, disperse’, also ‘examine by argument’): from Latin discuss- ‘dashed to pieces’, later ‘investigated’, from the verb discutere, from dis- ‘apart’ + quatere ‘shake’.

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