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Definition of Discuss

Discuss

  1. To break to pieces; to shatter.
  2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.
  3. To shake; to put away; to finish.
  4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.
  5. To deal with, in eating or drinking.
  6. To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.

Discuss Quotations

Eleanor Roosevelt Quote
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Sometimes I've been to a party where no one spoke to me for a whole evening. The men, frightened by their wives or sweeties, would give me a wide berth. And the ladies would gang up in a corner to discuss my dangerous character.
Marilyn Monroe

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
Robert A. Heinlein

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
H. L. Mencken

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'
Alfred Hitchcock
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Discuss Translations

discuss in Danish is behandle
discuss in Dutch is bespreken, discuteren
discuss in Finnish is pohtia
discuss in French is discutons, discutent, discuter, discutez
discuss in Latin is tracto, dissero, disputo, confero
discuss in Portuguese is discuta
discuss in Spanish is debatir, debatir, discutir, cuestionar
discuss in Swedish is diskutera, avhandla, diskutera

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