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discussion

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-England: /dɪsˈkʊʃ.ən/
  • Australian: /dɪˈskɐʃ.ən/
  • New-Zealand: /dəˈskɐʃ.ən/
  • South-Asia: /ˈɖɪs.kə.ʃən/
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S K AH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".
  • This topic is not open to discussion.
  • My discussion with the professor was very enlightening.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discourse

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Text giving further detail on a subject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Under each heading, you will find a discussion.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The dispersion of a tumour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic
  • his treatment of the race question is badly biased

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: treatment, discourse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: communication, communicating

Narrower terms: detail, dilation, consideration, talk, expansion, enlargement, elaboration

5

noun

Meaning 5

an exchange of views on some topic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we had a good discussion
  • we had a word or two about it

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: give-and-take, word

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication

Narrower terms: argument, argumentation, debate, deliberation, conference, group discussion, panel discussion, postmortem, post-mortem, public discussion, ventilation, negotiation, dialogue, talks

History

Etymology

From Old French discussion, from Late Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō. By surface analysis, discuss + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gesprek — conversation or debate
  • Afrikaans: debat — conversation or debate
  • Albanian: diskutim — conversation or debate
  • Arabic: مُنَاقَشَة (munāqaša) — conversation or debate
  • Arabic: بَحْث (baḥṯ) — conversation or debate
  • Arabic: مُذَاكَرَة (muḏākara) — conversation or debate
  • Arabic: مُبَاحَثَة (mubāḥaṯa) — conversation or debate
  • Armenian: քննարկում (kʻnnarkum) — conversation or debate
  • Azerbaijani: müzakirə — conversation or debate
  • Azerbaijani: mübahisə — conversation or debate
  • Belarusian: дыску́сія (dyskúsija) — conversation or debate
  • Belarusian: абмеркава́нне (abmjerkavánnje) — conversation or debate
  • Bengali: আলোচনা (alōcona) — conversation or debate
  • Bulgarian: диску́сия (diskúsija) — conversation or debate
  • Bulgarian: рази́скване (razískvane) — conversation or debate
  • Bulgarian: обсъ́ждане (obsǎ́ždane) — conversation or debate
  • Catalan: discussió — conversation or debate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 討論 /讨论 (tou2 leon6) — conversation or debate
  • Chinese Cantonese: 議論 /议论 (ji5 leon6) — conversation or debate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 討論 /讨论 (tǎolùn) — conversation or debate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 議論 /议论 (yìlùn) — conversation or debate
  • Cornish: omgussulyans — conversation or debate
  • Cornish: omgussulyansow — conversation or debate
  • Czech: diskuse — conversation or debate
  • Czech: diskuze — conversation or debate
  • Danish: diskussion — conversation or debate
  • Dutch: bespreking — conversation or debate
  • Dutch: discussie — conversation or debate
  • Esperanto: diskutado — conversation or debate
  • Esperanto: diskuto — conversation or debate
  • Estonian: arutlus — conversation or debate
  • Estonian: väitlus — conversation or debate
  • Finnish: keskustelu — conversation or debate
  • Finnish: väittely — conversation or debate
  • French: discussion — conversation or debate
  • Georgian: კამათი (ḳamati) — conversation or debate
  • Georgian: დისკუსია (disḳusia) — conversation or debate
  • Georgian: განხილვა (ganxilva) — conversation or debate
  • Georgian: მსჯელობა (msǯeloba) — conversation or debate
  • Georgian: განსჯა (gansǯa) — conversation or debate
  • German: Diskussion — conversation or debate
  • German: Erörterung — conversation or debate
  • German: Besprechung — conversation or debate
  • Greek: συζήτηση (syzítisi) — conversation or debate
  • Greek: συνομιλία (synomilía) — conversation or debate
  • Ancient Greek: συζήτησις (suzḗtēsis) — conversation or debate
  • Haitian Creole: diskisyon — conversation or debate
  • Hebrew: דִּיּוּן (diyún) — conversation or debate
  • Hindi: विमर्श (vimarś) — conversation or debate
  • Hindi: बिबाद (bibād) — conversation or debate
  • Hindi: बहस (bahas) — conversation or debate
  • Hungarian: megbeszélés — conversation or debate
  • Hungarian: vita — conversation or debate
  • Hungarian: tárgyalás — conversation or debate
  • Ido: diskuto — conversation or debate
  • Ido: diskutado — conversation or debate
  • Indonesian: diskusi — conversation or debate
  • Irish: aighneas — conversation or debate
  • Italian: discussione — conversation or debate
  • Japanese: 議論 (giron) — conversation or debate
  • Japanese: 討論 (tōron) — conversation or debate
  • Kazakh: талқылау (talqylau) — conversation or debate
  • Kazakh: пікірсайыс (pıkırsaiys) — conversation or debate
  • Korean: 의논 (uinon) — conversation or debate
  • Korean: 토론 (toron) — conversation or debate
  • Kyrgyz: дискуссия (diskussiya) — conversation or debate
  • Kyrgyz: талкуу (talkuu) — conversation or debate
  • Kyrgyz: талкуулоо (talkuuloo) — conversation or debate
  • Ladino: kolokio — conversation or debate
  • Ladino: kolokyo — conversation or debate
  • Lao: ການອະພິປາຍ (kān ʼa phi pāi) — conversation or debate
  • Lao: ການສົນທະນາ (kān son tha nā) — conversation or debate
  • Latin: disputātiō — conversation or debate
  • Latin: colloquium — conversation or debate
  • Latin: sermō — conversation or debate
  • Latin: parlamentum — conversation or debate
  • Latvian: diskusija — conversation or debate
  • Latvian: debates — conversation or debate
  • Lithuanian: diskusija — conversation or debate
  • Low German: Diskuschoon — conversation or debate
  • Luxembourgish: Diskussioun — conversation or debate
  • Macedonian: дискусија (diskusija) — conversation or debate
  • Malay: perbincangan — conversation or debate
  • Malay: diskusi — conversation or debate
  • Malayalam: ചർച്ച (caṟcca) — conversation or debate
  • Malayalam: സംവാദം (saṁvādaṁ) — conversation or debate
  • Māori: matapakinga — conversation or debate
  • Marathi: चर्चा (carcā) — conversation or debate
  • Mazanderani: گپ — conversation or debate
  • Mi'kmaq: agnutmaqan — conversation or debate
  • Mongolian: хэлэлцүүлэг (xelelcüüleg) — conversation or debate
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thìtìehìe — conversation or debate
  • Norman: distchussion — conversation or debate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diskusjon — conversation or debate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: debatt — conversation or debate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: diskusjon — conversation or debate
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: debatt — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: بَحْث (bahs) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتُگو (goftogu) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتِگو (goftegu) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتْگو (goftgu) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتُگویْ (goftoguy) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتِگویْ (gofteguy) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتْگویْ (goftguy) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: مُباحَثِه (mobâhase) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: مُذاکِرِه (mozâkere) — conversation or debate
  • Iranian Persian: مُناظِرِه (monâzere) — conversation or debate
  • Polish: dyskusja — conversation or debate
  • Portuguese: discussão — conversation or debate
  • Romanian: discuție — conversation or debate
  • Romanian: discutare — conversation or debate
  • Romanian: dezbatere — conversation or debate
  • Russian: обсужде́ние (obsuždénije) — conversation or debate
  • Russian: диску́ссия (diskússija) — conversation or debate
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѝскӯсија — conversation or debate
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̑справа — conversation or debate
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̏спра — conversation or debate
  • Serbo-Croatian: dìskūsija — conversation or debate
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȃsprava — conversation or debate
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȁspra — conversation or debate
  • Slovak: diskusia — conversation or debate
  • Slovene: diskusija — conversation or debate
  • Slovene: razprava — conversation or debate
  • Spanish: discusión — conversation or debate
  • Spanish: interlocución — conversation or debate
  • Swahili: maneno — conversation or debate
  • Swahili: mazungumzo — conversation or debate
  • Swedish: diskussion — conversation or debate
  • Tajik: муҳокима (muhokima) — conversation or debate
  • Tajik: мубоҳиса (mubohisa) — conversation or debate
  • Tajik: мунозира (munozira) — conversation or debate
  • Tajik: баҳс (bahs) — conversation or debate
  • Telugu: చర్చ (carca) — conversation or debate
  • Thai: การอภิปราย (gaan-à-pí-bpraai) — conversation or debate
  • Thai: การสนทนา (gaan-sǒn-tá-naa) — conversation or debate
  • Turkish: münakaşa — conversation or debate
  • Turkish: tartışma — conversation or debate
  • Turkish: bahıs — conversation or debate
  • Ottoman Turkish: صحبت (sohbet) — conversation or debate
  • Ottoman Turkish: بحث (bahs, bahis) — conversation or debate
  • Ukrainian: диску́сія (dyskúsija) — conversation or debate
  • Ukrainian: обміркува́ння (obmirkuvánnja) — conversation or debate
  • Urdu: بَحْث (bahs) — conversation or debate
  • Urdu: بِباد (bibād) — conversation or debate
  • Urdu: مُذاکَرَہ (muzākara) — conversation or debate
  • Uyghur: مۇزاكىرە (muzakire) — conversation or debate
  • Uyghur: مۇلاھىزە (mulahize) — conversation or debate
  • Uzbek: muhokama — conversation or debate
  • Uzbek: muzokara — conversation or debate
  • Uzbek: bahs — conversation or debate
  • Uzbek: diskussiya — conversation or debate
  • Welsh: trafodaeth — conversation or debate
  • Yiddish: דיסקוסיע (diskusye) — conversation or debate
  • Afrikaans: bespreking — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Bulgarian: диску́сия (diskúsija) — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Finnish: pohdinta — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Finnish: diskussio — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Finnish: syventävä osio — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Greek: μελέτη (meléti) — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Hungarian: tárgyalás — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Hungarian: kifejtés — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Hungarian: pertraktálás — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Polish: dyskusja — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Russian: обсужде́ние (obsuždénije) — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Russian: диску́ссия (diskússija) — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Serbo-Croatian: дѝскӯсија — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̑справа — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̏спра — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Serbo-Croatian: dìskūsija — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȃsprava — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȁspra — text giving further detail on a subject
  • Swahili: majadiliano — text giving further detail on a subject
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