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discussing

Syllables: dis·cuss·ing/dɪˈskʌsɪŋ/

discussing is the present participle and gerund 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

Phrases with discussing

Questions about discussing

What is discussing the present participle and gerund of?
Discussing is the present participle and gerund of discuss.
How do you pronounce discussing?
Discussing is pronounced /dɪˈskʌsɪŋ/.

Words near discussing in the dictionary

  1. discussers
  2. discusses
  3. discusses Uganda
  4. discussible
  5. discussin'
  6. discussing
  7. discussing Uganda
  8. discussion
  9. discussion board
  10. discussion room
  11. discussion rooms

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