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discussion
[ dih-skuhsh-uhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
discussion
/ dɪˈskʌʃən /
noun
- the examination or consideration of a matter in speech or writing
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Derived Forms
- disˈcussional, adjective
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Other Words From
- dis·cussion·al adjective
- predis·cussion noun
- redis·cussion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of discussion1
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Example Sentences
Other FBI officials joined the discussion via conference call, he said.
The Vatican then hosted a final, secret discussion between the two delegations this fall in Rome.
In the 1960 campaign between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, there was virtually no discussion of crime.
Men may opt out of the discussion rather than risk saying something wrong.
Although in at least one instance, there was discussion of saving black-owned shops.
But you will find most colleges and most college societies bar religious instruction and discussion.
But not only has the name tobacco and the implements employed in its use caused much discussion but also the origin of the plant.
So far as their thought is still alive these men will come into the discussion of living questions now.
For example, there is a vast discussion afoot upon the questions that centre upon Property, its rights and its limitations.
Free discussion—never a very free thing in Russia—has now on any general scale become quite impossible.
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