Meaning of discussion | Babel Free

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1. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
   countable, uncountable
2. an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc.; informal debate.
3. argument
4. Text giving further detail on a subject.
   countable, uncountable
5. to talk about. We had a meeting to discuss our plans for the future. bespreek, behandel يُناقِش، يَبْحَث، يَتَباحَث разисквам discutir diskutovat o, projednat diskutieren diskutere; debatere συζητώdiscutir arutama مورد بحث قرار دادن؛ حرف زدن keskustella discuter לָדוּן, לְשוֹחֵח चर्चा करना, विचार-विमर्श करना raspravljati, diskutirati megbeszél, megvitat membicarakan (rök)ræða discutere 論じる 토론하다 aptarti apspriest; iztirzāt; pārrunāt; diskutēt bincang besprekendiskutere, drøfte omawiać مباحثه ك...
6. disagreement
7. The dispersion of a tumour.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
8. (an act of) talking about something. I think there has been too much discussion of this subject; Discussions between the heads of state took place in strict security. beredenering, debat مُناقَشَه، مُباحَثَه، نِقاش разискване discussão diskuse, jednání die Diskussion diskussion; debat συζήτησηdiscusión arutlus, mõttevahetus بحث؛ گفتگو keskustelu discussionדיון, שיחה चर्चा, परिचर्चा diskusija, rasprava megbeszélés pembicaraan umræður discussione 議論 토론 diskusija, aptarimas diskusija; apspriešan...
9. discusión, debate, argumento.
10. Consideration of a subject by a group; an earnest conversation.
11. A formal discourse on a topic; an exposition.
12. the examination or consideration of a matter in speech or writing
13. 'discussion'If you have a discussion with someone, you have a serious conversation with them.After the lecture there was a lively discussion.
14. 'argument'Don't use discussion to refer to a disagreement between people, especially one that results in them shouting angrily at each other. This kind of disagreement is usually called an argument.We had a terrible argument, and now she won't talk to me.
15. talk, debate, argument, conference, exchange, review, conversation, consideration, dialogue, consultation, seminar, discourse, deliberation, symposium, colloquy, confabulation There was a discussion about the wording of the report.

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Examples

“There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".”

“This topic is not open to discussion.”

“My discussion with the professor was very enlightening.”

“In the May 12 memo, Meta said it had previously allowed open discussion of abortion at work but later recognized that it had led to “significant disruptions in the workplace given unique legal complexities and the number of people affected by the issue.””

“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).”

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