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dis·cus·sion

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–noun

an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., esp. to explore solutions; informal debate.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME < AF < LL discussiōn- (s. of discussiō) inquiry, examination, L: a shaking. See discuss, -ion

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—Related forms

dis·cus·sion·al, adjective

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n.

Consideration of a subject by a group; an earnest conversation.
A formal discourse on a topic; an exposition.

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c.1340, from O.Fr. discussion, from L.L. discussionem "examination, discussion," in classical L., "a shaking," from discussus, pp. of discutere "strike asunder, break up," from dis- "apart" + quatere "to shake." Originally "examination, investigation, judicial trial;" meaning of "talk over, debate" first recorded 1448. Sense evolution in L. appears to have been from "smash apart" to "scatter, disperse," then in post-classical times (via the mental process involved) to "investigate, examine," then to "debate."

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discussion
noun
1.	an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
2.	an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

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diˈscussion [-ʃən] noun

(an act of) talking about something
Example: I think there has been too much discussion of this subject; Discussions between the heads of state took place in strict security.

Arabic:	مُناقَشَه، مُباحَثَه، نِقاش
Chinese (Simplified):	讨论
Chinese (Traditional):	討論
Czech:	diskuse, jednání
Danish:	diskussion; debat
Dutch:	bespreking, discussie
Estonian:	arutlus, mõttevahetus
Finnish:	keskustelu
French:	discussion
German:	die Diskussion
Greek:	συζήτηση
Hungarian:	megbeszélés
Icelandic:	umræður
Indonesian:	pembicaraan
Italian:	discussione

Japanese:	議論
Korean:	토론
Latvian:	diskusija; apspriešana; pārrunas
Lithuanian:	diskusija, aptarimas
Norwegian:	drøfting, debatt, diskusjon
Polish:	dyskusja
Portuguese (Brazil):	discussão
Portuguese (Portugal):	discussão
Romanian:	discuţie
Russian:	обсуждение
Slovak:	diskusia
Slovenian:	razprava
Spanish:	discusión
Swedish:	diskussion
Turkish:	tartışma, görüşme

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Discussion

Dis*cus"sion\, n. [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]

1. The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like.

2. The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.

The liberty of discussion is the great safeguard of all other liberties. --Macaulay.

Discussion of a problem or an equation (Math.), the operation of assigning different reasonable values to the arbitrary quantities and interpreting the result. --Math. Dict.

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