Anagram Solver

Definitions for Discuss

[1] to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
[2] Civil Law . to collect a debt from (the person primarily liable) before proceeding against the person secondarily liable. to execute against the movable property of (a debtor) before proceeding against the debtor's immovable property, as land.
[3] Rare . to consume (food or drink) enthusiastically.
[4] Obsolete . to make known; reveal.
[5] to have a conversation about; consider by talking over; debate
[6] to treat (a subject) in speech or writing the first three volumes discuss basic principles
[7] facetious , rare to eat or drink with enthusiasm

Words related to Discuss

consider, deliberate, review, confer, debate, examine, argue, explain, contend, ventilate, figure, contest, jaw, converse, sift, moot, descant, canvass, weigh, dispute

Words nearby Discuss

discriminatory, discrown, discursion, discursive, discus, discuss, discussant, discussion, discutient, disdain, disdainful

Origin of Discuss

1300–50; Middle English (< Anglo-French discusser ) < Latin discussus struck asunder, shaken, scattered, past participle of discutere, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + -cutere (combining form of quatere to shake, strike)

Words that may be confused with Discuss

discus, discuss, discussed, disgust

Other words from Discuss

dis·cuss·er , noun
dis·cuss·a·ble , dis·cuss·i·ble , adjective
non·dis·cus·si·ble , adjective
o·ver·dis·cuss , verb (used with object)
pre·dis·cuss , verb (used with object)
re·dis·cuss , verb (used with object)
un·dis·cuss·a·ble , adjective
un·dis·cussed , adjective
un·dis·cuss·i·ble , adjective
well-dis·cussed , adjective

Word origin for Discuss

C14: from Late Latin discussus examined, from discutere to investigate, from Latin: to dash to pieces, from dis- 1 + quatere to shake, strike

Synonyms for Discuss

argue, confer, consider, debate, deliberate, examine, explain, review, take up, altercate, canvass, confabulate, contend, contest, converse, descant, dispute, dissertate, figure, groupthink, jaw, moot, sift, ventilate, weigh, bounce off, compare notes, consult with, discept, discourse about, dissert, exchange views on, get together, go into, hash over, hold forth, kick about, knock around, put heads together, reason about, thrash out, toss around