# discussion

Pronunciation: say "di-SKUSH-uhn" /dɪˈskʌʃən/

## Noun

1. Conversation or debate about a particular topic, in which people share and weigh different views.
   - Simple: When people talk about a topic to share ideas or work something out.
   - _The committee held a lengthy discussion before reaching a decision._
   - _Her remarks sparked a heated discussion among the panelists._
2. A passage of text that develops a subject further, examining it in greater detail.
   - Simple: A part of a piece of writing that explains a subject in more detail.
   - _The paper's discussion interprets the experimental data at length._
   - _He skipped to the discussion to see what the authors concluded._

## Noun

3. The dispersion of a tumor, causing the swelling to break up and resolve. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The breaking up and clearing away of a swelling or growth in the body.

## Origin

This word comes from Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō; it can also be seen as discuss plus the suffix -ion.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/discussion (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).