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Discuss is defined as to talk about and to consider all aspects of the subject.

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An example of discuss is for a teenager to give reasons for a later curfew with his parents.

See discuss in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Obsolete to disperse; dispel
to talk or write about; take up in conversation or in a discourse; consider and argue the pros and cons of

Origin: ME discussen, to examine, scatter < L discussus, pp. of discutere, to strike asunder, scatter < dis-, apart + quatere, to shake, beat: see quash

Related Forms:

discussable adjective or discussible
discusser noun

See discuss in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb dis·cussed, dis·cuss·ing, dis·cuss·es

To speak with another or others about; talk over.
To examine or consider (a subject) in speech or writing.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English discussen, to examine

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman discusser

Origin: , from Latin discussus

Origin: , past participle of discutere, to break up

Origin: : dis-, apart; see dis-

Origin: + quatere, to shake; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

dis·cussˈa·ble, dis·cussˈi·ble adjective

dis·cussˈer noun

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