Definition of discusses Discusses
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What does discusses mean?
Part of speech
🔤- discusses, verb, present, 3rd person singular of discuss (infinitive).
WordNet
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| discuss - speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget" | ||
| hash out, talk over | ||
| talk of, talk about discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things" | ||
| talk terms, negotiate, negociate succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negociated the high mountain pass" | ||
| negociate discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house" | ||
| powwow hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting | ||
| deliberate, debate argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" | ||
| moot, deliberate, debate, consider, turn over argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" | ||
| bandy, kick around discuss lightly; "We bandied around these difficult questions" | ||
| chair, moderate, lead act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" | ||
| counsel, rede, advise give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" | ||
| confab, confer, confabulate, consult have a conference in order to talk something over; "We conferred about a plan of action" | ||
| broach, initiate bring up a topic for discussion | ||
| bandy about discuss casually; "bandy about an idea" | ||
| hammer out, thrash out discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement" | ||
| discuss - to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" | ||
| discourse, talk about | ||
| plow, handle, treat, address, deal, cover to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" | ||
| descant talk at great length about something of one's interest | ||
| talk shop discuss matters that are related to work; "As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- discuss (v. t.)
To break to pieces; to shatter. - discuss (v. t.)
To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors. - discuss (v. t.)
To shake; to put away; to finish. - discuss (v. t.)
To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. - discuss (v. t.)
To deal with, in eating or drinking. - discuss (v. t.)
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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discuss
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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discuss
dis-kus′, v.t. to examine in detail, or by disputation: to debate: to sift: (coll.) to consume, as a bottle of wine.—adj. Discuss′able.—n. Discus′sion, debate: (surg.) dispersion of a tumour.—adjs. Discuss′ive, Discū′tient, able or tending to discuss or disperse tumours.—n. Discū′tient, a medicine with this property. [L. discutĕre, discussum—dis, asunder, quatĕre, to shake.]
Part of speech
🔤- discuss, verb, present, 1st person singular of discuss (infinitive).
- discuss, verb (infinitive).
