What does the word discuss mean

discuss

[dısʹkʌs]

1. обсуждать, дискутировать

to discuss measures [a question] — обсуждать меры [вопрос]

to discuss a trip — говорить о поездке

to discuss art [one’s friends, the future of the children] (with smb.) — говорить об искусстве [о своих друзьях, о будущем детей] (с кем-л.)

to discuss the problem with oneself — обдумывать вопрос

they were discussing me — они говорили обо мне

we discussed the best road to take [how to do it] — мы обсуждали, по какой дороге лучше ехать [как это сделать]

2.

есть, пить с удовольствием; смаковать

to discuss one’s food [wine] — смаковать пищу [вино]

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• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• discuss — discuss, argue, debate, dispute, agitate mean to discourse about something in order to arrive at the truth or to convince others. Discuss implies an attempt to sift or examine especially by presenting considerations pro and con; it often suggests …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• discuss — mid 14c., to examine, investigate, from L. discuss , pp. stem of discutere to dash to pieces, agitate, in L.L. and V.L. also to discuss, investigate (see DISCUSSION (Cf. discussion)). Meaning to examine by argument, debate is from mid 15c.… …   Etymology dictionary

• discuss — [di skus′] vt. [ME discussen, to examine, scatter < L discussus, pp. of discutere, to strike asunder, scatter < dis , apart + quatere, to shake, beat: see QUASH2] 1. Obs. to disperse; dispel 2. to talk or write about; take up in… …   English World dictionary

• discuss — I verb agitare, air, analyze, argue for and against, argue the case, argue the point, bandy words, carry on a conversation, comment, comment upon, confabulate, confer, confer with, consider, consult, contend in words, contest, converse, debate,… …   Law dictionary

• discuss — [v] talk over with another altercate, argue, bounce off*, canvass, compare notes, confabulate, confer, consider, consult with, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, discept, discourse about, dispute, dissert, dissertate,… …   New thesaurus

• discuss — ► VERB 1) talk about so as to reach a decision. 2) talk or write about (a topic) in detail. DERIVATIVES discussable adjective. ORIGIN Latin discutere dash to pieces (later investigate ) …   English terms dictionary

• discuss */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈskʌs] / US verb [transitive] Word forms discuss : present tense I/you/we/they discuss he/she/it discusses present participle discussing past tense discussed past participle discussed Get it right: discuss: The verb discuss is never used… …   English dictionary

• discuss — verb ADVERB ▪ exhaustively, fully, in detail, thoroughly ▪ The plan was discussed in great detail. ▪ at length, endlessly, extensively …   Collocations dictionary

• discuss — 01. I [discussed] the project with my boss for over an hour. 02. You should [discuss] this with your parents before you make any decision. 03. The matter was [discussed] at our management meeting this morning. 04. The Prime Minister met with his… …   Grammatical examples in English

• discuss — di|scuss W1S3 [dıˈskʌs] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: discussus, past participle of discutere to shake to pieces ] 1.) to talk about something with another person or a group in order to exchange ideas or decide something ▪ Littman… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

- обсуждать, дискутировать

to discuss measures [a question] — обсуждать меры [вопрос] 
to discuss a trip — говорить о поездке 
to discuss art [one’s friends, the future of the children] (with smb.) — говорить об искусстве [о своих друзьях, о будущем детей] (с кем-л.) 
to discuss the problem with oneself — обдумывать вопрос 
they were discussing me — они говорили обо мне 
we discussed the best road to take [how to do it] — мы обсуждали, по какой дороге лучше ехать [как это сделать] 

- шутл. есть, пить с удовольствием; смаковать

to discuss one’s food [wine] — смаковать пищу [вино] 

Мои примеры

What did you discuss at breakfast? 

О чём вы говорили за завтраком?

Have you been discussing me with your friends? 

Ты что, обсуждаешь меня со своими друзьями?

We never discuss politics at the dinner table. 

За столом мы никогда не говорим о политике.

We discussed our household budget 

Мы обсудили наш семейный бюджет.

They met to discuss a plan of action. 

Они встретились, чтобы обсудить план действий.

What did they discuss at supper? 

О чём они говорили за ужином?

Would it be suitable to discuss this matter at lunch? 

Удобно ли будет обсудить этот вопрос за обедом?

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…refused to discuss churchly matters except on Sundays…  

…a meeting to discuss seating arrangements that was merely a preliminary to the formal negotiating sessions…  

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʌs/, /dɪsˈkʊs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈkʌs/
• Rhymes: -ʌs

Verb[edit]

discuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed)

1. (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.

   Let’s sit down and discuss this rationally.

   I don’t wish to discuss this further. Let’s talk about something else.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).

   • 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]:

     Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.

   • 1599, 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]:

     Pistol: Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?

3. (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
4. (obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.

   • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter II, in Wuthering Heights, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:

     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.

   • 1854, Samuel White Baker, The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon:

     We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.

   • 1858, James Hogg, Titan (volume 27, page 306)

     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.

5. (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
   • 1635, James Guillimeau [i.e., Jacques Guillemeau], “Of Gripings and Fretting in the Belly, which Trouble Little Children”, in The Nvrsing of Children. Wherein is Set Downe the Ordering and Government of Them from Their Birth. Together with the Meanes to Helpe and Free Them from All Such Diseases as may Happen unto Them. Written in French by Iames Guillimeau, the French Kings Chirurgion in Ordinary, London: Printed by Anne Griffin, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker; published in Child-birth, or, The Happy Delivery of VVomen. VVherein is Set Downe the Government of Women. In the Time of Their Breeding Childe: Of Their Travaile, both Naturall and Contrary to Nature: And of Their Lying in. Together with the Diseases, which Happen to VVomen in Those Times, and the Meanes to Helpe Them. To which is Added, a Treatise of the Diseases of Infants, and Young Children: With the Cure of Them, and also of the Small Pox. With a Treatise for the Nursing of Children. Written in French by Iames Gvillimeav the French Kings Chirurgion, London: Printed by Anne Griffih, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, 1635, →OCLC, page 52:

     If too much milke be the cauſe, then the Nurſe ſhall not give the childe ſucke ſo often, nor in ſuch plenty: If it proceed from wind, and that doe cauſe the childe to be thus troubled, it ſhall be diſcuſſed with Fomentations applied to the belly and navell; and with Carminative Cliſters, which ſhall bee given him, […]

   • 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.

   • 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers

     Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affliction.

Synonyms[edit]

• (converse about a topic): bespeak, betalk, debate, talk about

Derived terms[edit]

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• quash

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See also[edit]

• argue

Further reading[edit]

• discuss in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “discuss”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• discuss at OneLook Dictionary Search

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