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)
- To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
- Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.
- Synonyms:
- bespeak, betalk, debate, talk about, treat
- 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]...
- To break to pieces; to shatter.
- 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
- To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
- 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
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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/.
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