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discussed

UK/dɪˈskʌst/

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Northern England/dɪˈskʊst/

discussed is the simple past and past participle of discuss.

Meaning of discuss

Verb

discuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed)

  1. (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
    • Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
    • Nym: I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    apprise, impart, acquaint, advise, enlighten, inform, keep informed, let know, notify, tell
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
  4. (colloquial, obsolete, transitive) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
    • When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—“Now, sir, bring forward your chair.” And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter II, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC
  5. (transitive) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
  6. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
    • For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust, / And meet respect of honour put to flight […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Adjective

discussed (comparative more discussed, superlative most discussed)

  1. Having been put under discussion.
    Antonyms:
    undiscussed

Antonyms of discussed

Forms of discussed

comparativemore discussed
superlativemost discussed

Words formed from discussed

Phrases with discussed

Words that rhyme with discussed

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Questions about discussed

What does discussed mean?
Discussed means having been put under discussion.
What is discussed the simple past and past participle of?
Discussed is the simple past and past participle of discuss.
What part of speech is discussed?
Discussed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce discussed?
Discussed is pronounced /dɪˈskʌst/ (UK).

Words near discussed in the dictionary

  1. discuss about
  2. discuss Uganda
  3. discussable
  4. discussant
  5. discussants
  6. discussed
  7. discussed Uganda
  8. discusser
  9. discussers
  10. discusses
  11. discusses Uganda

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