# discuss

Pronunciation: say "dis-KUS" /dɪˈskʌs/

## Verb

1. To converse or debate about a particular topic with others.
   - Simple: To talk about a topic with other people, sharing different ideas.
   - _The committee will discuss the new budget next week._
   - _Scientists discussed the findings at length during the conference._
2. To examine a subject at length in writing or speech, setting out and weighing the different ideas or views on it.
   - Simple: To write or talk about a subject in detail, looking at different ideas about it.
   - _The authors discuss several competing theories before offering their own._
   - _Her lecture discussed the ethical problems raised by genetic testing._

## Verb

3. To communicate, tell, or disclose information or a message to someone. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To tell or make known a piece of news or information.
4. To deal with food or drink by consuming it; to eat or drink something heartily. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To eat or drink something up, especially with enjoyment.
5. To break something to pieces; to shatter it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To break something into many pieces, or smash it apart.
6. To drive away, disperse, or shake off something, especially a tumor. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To make something go away or break up, especially a swelling or growth.

## Other meanings

- (verb) To investigate thoroughly; especially, to use up every remedy against the principal debtor before a creditor may turn to the guarantor.

## Origin

From Middle English discussen, via Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (modern French discuter), from Latin discussus, the past participle of discutiō ("to strike or shake apart, scatter; examine, discuss"), formed from dis- ("apart") plus quatiō ("to shake").

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