discuss

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To talk about something with other people, often to share ideas or make a decision.

   We need to discuss our plans for the weekend.

2. 2
   verb

   To examine or write about a subject in detail.

   The article discusses the causes of climate change.

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Simplified etymology

Discuss ultimately comes from Latin discutere, formed from dis-, “apart,” and quatere, “shake.” Its literal sense was “dash to pieces,” from which developed the meanings “examine,” “investigate,” and “interrogate.”

From Middle English discussen, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutiō (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatiō (“to shake”).

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