discuss meaning
discuss :
to talk about, to debate
Verb
▪ We will discuss the plan tomorrow.
▪ We will talk about the plan tomorrow.
▪ They discussed the new project.
▪ They talked about the new project.
paraphrasing
▪ debate – to talk about different ideas
▪ talk over – to talk about something
▪ confer – to discuss with others
▪ deliberate – to think or talk carefully
Pronunciation
discuss [dɪˈskʌs]
The stress is on 'cuss' and sounds like 'dis-kuss'.
Common phrases and grammar about discuss
discuss - Common meaning
Verb
to talk about, to debate
Part of Speech Changes for "discuss"
▪ discussion (noun) – the act of talking about something
▪ discussable (adjective) – able to be talked about
Common Expressions with "discuss"
▪ discuss a topic – to talk about a subject
▪ discuss in detail – to talk about something deeply
▪ discuss openly – to talk without hiding anything
▪ discuss briefly – to talk about something shortly
Important examples of discuss in TOEIC
Vocabulary examples from the TOEIC test
In TOEIC vocabulary questions, discuss is often used to mean to talk over plans or ideas.
Example of a confusing word: debate (to argue)
Grammar examples from the TOEIC test
Discuss is used as a transitive verb, meaning it requires an object, often a topic or plan, in TOEIC questions.
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Idioms and fixed expressions in TOEIC
discuss a proposal
'talk about a plan', used in meetings or planning sessions.
discuss the matter at hand
means 'to talk about the current issue'.
Differences between similar words and discuss
discuss
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debate
differences
Discuss means to talk about something, while debate means to argue about different points of view.
Words with the same origin as discuss
The origin of discuss
discuss comes from the Latin 'discutere', which meant to shake apart, and then came to mean to examine or talk about.
Word structure
It has the prefix dis (apart), root cutere (to shake), and means 'to shake apart'.
Words with the same origin
The root of discuss is cutere (to shake). The word's root is unclear or difficult to confirm.
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