Discussion

Noun

 * 1) Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
 * There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".
 * This topic is not open to discussion.
 * 1) Text giving further detail on a subject.
 * Under each heading, you will find a discussion section.

Related terms

 * discuss

Adjectives for Discussion
lucid; penetrating; brilliant; popular; masterful; amiable; lively; doubtful; friendly; agreeable; noisy; heated; passionate; animated; spirited; brisk; keen; argumentative; violent; vitriolic; challenging; enthusiastic; acute; radical; voluble; calm; dignified; intelligent; serious; thoughtful; embittered; acrimonious; academic; nationwide; unofficial; earnest; curtailed; spicy; lusty; ethical; fruitful; cultural; colorful; intensive; critical; concise; detailed; prearranged; extensive; fiery; unexpected; current; everlasting; elegant; miserable; frank; preliminary; fair; complicated; inconclusive; philosophic; protracted; intolerable; scientific; squalid; productive; unprofitable; perpetual; trivial; free; speculative; excited; political; domestic; salutory; group; metaphysical; stormy; pertinent; theological; wearisome; idle; grave; acrid.

Verbs for Discussion
advocate—; avoid—; balk at—of; block—; break into—; center—upon; characterize—; cut short—; deserve—; dominate—; drag into—; enter—; evoke—; exclude from—; influence—; launch into—; merit—; open—; plunge into—; promote—; provoke—; refrain from—; sidetrack—; —enlightens; —informs; —follows; —opens up; —takes place.

Thesaurus
airing, analysis, argument, article, audience, bargaining, bargaining session, bull session, buzz session, canvassing, causerie, chat, colloquium, colloquy, conclave, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congress, consideration, consultation, convention, conversation, council, council fire, council of war, debate, debating, deliberation, descant, dialectic, dialogue, discourse, disquisition, dissertation, essay, etude, examination, exchange, exchange of views, excursus, exposition, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, feature, first approach, forum, high-level talk, homily, huddle, interchange of views, interview, introductory study, investigation, joint discussion, logical analysis, logical discussion, lucubration, meeting, memoir, monograph, morceau, negotiations, news conference, note, open discussion, open forum, outline, palaver, pandect, panel discussion, paper, paragraph, parley, piece, pourparler, powwow, preliminary study, press conference, prolegomenon, rap, rap session, research paper, review, screed, scrutiny, seance, seminar, session, sitting, sketch, special article, study, summit, summit conference, summitry, survey, symposium, talk, term paper, theme, thesis, town meeting, tract, tractate, treatise, treatment, ventilation

Etymology
From discussion.

Translations

 * Albanian: diskutim
 * Arabic: مناقشة, بحث
 * Armenian: քննարկում
 * Azerbaijani: müzakirə
 * Bulgarian: разискване (raziskvane) ,
 * Catalan: discussió
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 討論, 讨论
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: [1] diskussion
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian: arutlus, väitlus
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კამათი
 * German:
 * Greek: συζήτηση, συνομιλία
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: דיון
 * Hindi: विचार-विमर्श, बहस
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian: diskusi
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 議論, 討論
 * Korean: 토론 (討論)
 * Latin: disputatio
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low Saxon: Diskuschoon
 * Malayalam: ചര്‍ച്ച (charchcha)
 * Mazanderani:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian: بحث, گفت و گو
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, discutare, dezbatere
 * Russian: обсуждение, дискуссия
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovak: diskusia
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: చర్చ
 * Turkish: münakaşa tartışma bahıs
 * Ukrainian: розмова, дискусія
 * Urdu: بحث
 * Uyghur: azade sözleshmek
 * Vietnamese: thảo luận (sự + 討論)
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: דיסקוסיע


 * Bulgarian: дискусия
 * Croatian:, ,


 * Greek: μελέτη
 * Russian: обсуждение, дискуссия
 * Swahili:

Etymology
From discussionem, from  discutere.

Noun

 * 1) discussion

Synonyms

 * dialogue
 * conversation