Discuss Definition
dĭ-skŭs
discussed, discusses, discussing
verb
discussed, discusses, discussing
To speak with another or others about; talk over.
Discussed the matter briefly.
American Heritage
To disperse; dispel.
Webster's New World
To talk or write about; take up in conversation or in a discourse; consider and argue the pros and cons of.
Webster's New World
To examine or consider (a subject) in speech or writing.
The book discusses the challenges that journalists face today.
American Heritage
To speak with another or others about something.
As we discussed yesterday, the problem could have more than one solution.
American Heritage
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Origin of Discuss
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From Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French: discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutere (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter, also, in derivatives and in Medieval Latin, examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatere (“to shake”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English discussen to examine from Anglo-Norman discusser from Latin discussus past participle of discutere to break up dis- apart dis– quatere to shake kwēt- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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