discuss
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
Verb 2 meanings
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
“Let's sit down and discuss whether we should have a baby.”
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
Etymology
From Middle English discussen, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman discusser (French discuter), from Latin discussus, past participle of discutiō (“to strike or shake apart, break up, scatter; examine, discuss”), from dis- (“apart”) + quatiō (“to shake”).
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DISCUSS at a glance
DISCUSS has 7 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + C 3 + U 1 + S 1 + S 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,143 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with discuss
All rhymes- FUSS7
- TRUSS5
- PUSS6
- BUSS6
- CUSS6
- GAUSS6
- WUSS7
- MUSS6
- SUSS4
- HUSS7
- BLUNDERBUSS16
- SOURPUSS10
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