discussion
Syllables: dis·cus·sionUK/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
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Northern England/dɪsˈkʊʃ.ən/
discussion noun: conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
Noun
discussion (countable and uncountable, plural discussions)
- Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
- There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".
- This topic is not open to discussion.
- Synonyms:
- discourse
- Text giving further detail on a subject.
- Under each heading, you will find a discussion.
- The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature...
- The dispersion of a tumour.
discussion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
discussion in Hindi
- conversation or debate
- विमर्श vimarś, बिबाद bibād, बहस bahas
discussion in Tamil
- கலந்துரையாடல், கலந்தாய்வு செய்தல், விவாதம்
discussion in Marathi
- conversation or debate
- चर्चा carcā
discussion in Urdu
- conversation or debate
- بَحْث bahs, بِباد bibād, مُذاکَرَہ muzākara
More languagesFewer languages
- discussion in Bengali
- আলোচনা alōcona
- discussion in Telugu
- చర్చ carca
- discussion in Malayalam
- ചർച്ച caṟcca, സംവാദം saṁvādaṁ
- discussion in Kannada
- ಚರ್ಚೆ carce
- discussion in Punjabi
- بحث baḥis̱, ਬਹਿਸ bahis
- discussion in Gujarati
- ચર્ચાવિચારણા
- discussion in Odia
- କଥା kathā
- discussion in Sanskrit
- आलोचना ālocanā, प्रकरण prakaraṇa, कथा kathā, चर्चा carcā
- discussion in Assamese
- কথা kotha
- discussion in Arabic
- مُنَاقَشَة munāqaša, بَحْث baḥṯ, مُذَاكَرَة muḏākara, مُبَاحَثَة mubāḥaṯa
- discussion in Malay
- perbincangan, diskusi
- discussion in Indonesian
- diskusi
- discussion in Thai
- การอภิปราย gaan-à-pí-bpraai, การสนทนา gaan-sǒn-tá-naa
Examples of discussion in a sentence
- There is no point whatever in going on with this discussion.
- Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.
- I think it's useless to keep this discussion going. It's like talking to a brick wall.
Synonyms of discussion
Forms of discussion
| plural | discussions |
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Origin of discussion
From Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō. By surface analysis, discuss + -ion.
Words formed from discussion
Phrases with discussion
Questions about discussion
- What does discussion mean?
- Discussion means conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
- What is discussion in Hindi?
- Discussion in Hindi is विमर्श (vimarś), बिबाद (bibād), बहस (bahas). See Discussion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is discussion?
- Discussion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce discussion?
- Discussion is pronounced /dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of discussion?
- The plural of discussion is discussions.
Words near discussion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: discussion (page history and authors); discussion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಚರ್ಚೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); بحث (Punjabi) (page history and authors); discussion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); କଥା (Odia) (page history and authors); आलोचना (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); কথা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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