| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To argue or litigate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To consult or confer. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To talk, converse, blab, prattle or gibber. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To agitate, abet or incite. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To debate or dispute. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To research or study. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To controvert or gainsay. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To contend or compete. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To treat or negotiate.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb discuss.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (discuss) | 1. To consider or examine in speech or writing; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'".[Wordnet]. 2. Speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget".[Wordnet]. 3. To break to pieces; to shatter.[Websters]. 4. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.[Websters]. 5. To shake; to put away; to finish.[Websters]. 6. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate.[Websters]. 7. To deal with, in eating or drinking.[Websters]. 8. To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.[Websters]. 9. To regard.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Base verb from the following inflections: discussing, discussed, discusses, discusser, discussers, discussingly and discussedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DISCUSSING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISCUSSING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Dispersing; resolving; scattering; debating; agitating; examining by argument.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of discuss. (references) | ||
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| Hong Kong Discuss Forum | 6 | Hong Kong Discuss Forum | 6 | |
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