What does discussion mean?
Definitions for discussion
dɪˈskʌʃ əndis·cus·sion
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word discussion.
Princeton's WordNet
discussion, treatment, discourse(noun)
an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
"the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
discussion, give-and-take, word(noun)
an exchange of views on some topic
"we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
Wiktionary
discussion(Noun)
Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
discussion(Noun)
Text giving further detail on a subject.
Under each heading, you will find a discussion section.
Origin: From discussion.
Webster Dictionary
Discussion(noun)
the act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like
Discussion(noun)
the act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation
Origin: [L. discussio a shaking, examination, discussion: cf. F. discussion.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'discussion' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1220
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'discussion' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1265
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'discussion' in Nouns Frequency: #379
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of discussion in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of discussion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of discussion in a Sentence
They shut down discussion.
It's an ongoing discussion.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino:
We will be starting discussion on this.
This will de facto close the discussion.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:
We are not yet at the end of the discussion.
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Translations for discussion
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- مناقشة, بحثArabic
- müzakirəAzerbaijani
- разискване, обсъждане, дискусияBulgarian
- আলোচনাBengali
- discussióCatalan, Valencian
- diskuse, diskuzeCzech
- trafodaethWelsh
- diskussionDanish
- DiskussionGerman
- συζήτηση, μελέτη, συνομιλίαGreek
- diskuto, diskutadoEsperanto
- discusiónSpanish
- väitlus, arutlusEstonian
- گفت و گو, بحثPersian
- [[syventävä]] [[osio]], keskustelu, väittelyFinnish
- discussionFrench
- aighneasIrish
- דיוןHebrew
- बहस, बिबादHindi
- diskisyonHaitian Creole
- vita, megbeszélésHungarian
- քննարկումArmenian
- diskusiIndonesian
- diskuto, diskutadoIdo
- discussioneItalian
- 議論, 討論Japanese
- კამათიGeorgian
- 討論, 토론Korean
- disputatio, colloquiumLatin
- diskusijaLithuanian
- debates, diskusijaLatvian
- ചര്ച്ചMalayalam
- discussie, besprekingDutch
- diskusjon, debattNorwegian
- dyskusjaPolish
- discussãoPortuguese
- discutare, dezbatere, discuțieRomanian
- дискуссия, обсуждениеRussian
- расправа, rȁspra, dìskūsija, распра, дискусија, rȃspravaSerbo-Croatian
- diskusiaSlovak
- diskutimAlbanian
- diskussionSwedish
- mazungumzo, maneno, majadilianoSwahili
- చర్చTelugu
- tartışma, bahıs, münakaşaTurkish
- azade sözleshmekUyghur, Uighur
- розмова, дискусіяUkrainian
- بحث, ببادUrdu
- thảo luận, sự, 討論Vietnamese
- דיסקוסיעYiddish
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