discussion

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymstreatmentdiscourse

   Broadercommunication

   Narrowerdetaildilationconsiderationtalkexpansion
2. 2.

   an exchange of views on some topic

   “we had a good discussion”

   “we had a word or two about it”

   Synonymsgive-and-takeword

   Broaderspeech

   Narrowerargumentdeliberationconferencepanel discussionpostmortempublic discussionnegotiation

Other forms of discussion

plural

discussions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about discussion

What does discussion mean?

discussion means "an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in discussion?

discussion has 3 syllables: di-scus-sion. The stress falls on "scus". In IPA it is /dɪˈskʌʃən/.

What is another word for discussion?

Close synonyms include treatment, discourse, give-and-take, word. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is discussion a common word?

discussion is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.