Discourse

Noun

 * 1)  Verbal exchange, conversation.
 * 2) * 1847,, , Chapter XVIII
 * Two or three of the gentlemen sat near him, and I caught at times scraps of their conversation across the room. At first I could not make much sense of what I heard; for the discourse of Louisa Eshton and Mary Ingram, who sat nearer to me, confused the fragmentary sentences that reached me at intervals.
 * 1)  Expression in words, either speech or writing.
 * 2)  A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
 * 3)  Any rational expression, reason.
 * 4)  An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).

Verb

 * 1)  To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
 * 2)  To write or speak formally and at length.
 * 3)   To debate.

Adjectives for Discourse
admirable; amiable; gay; pleasant; amusing; instructive; didactic; short; humorous; ingenuous; stirring; amazing; connected; rambling; nagging; rhymed; romantic; eloquent; serious; excellent; pointed; identical; separate; vehement; fallible intended; doctrinal;  harmonic;  correct sweet; voluble; sharp; remarkable; fair bold; moral; witty; common; erratic; profound; unsympathizing; venial.

Verbs for Discourse
admit in—; change—; comprehend—; con¬trol—; delight in—; deliver—; devour—; draw out—; enter into—; fill with—; inter¬change—; invite—; leave off—; open—; peruse—; publish—; render—; spice—; venture on—; waste—; —differs; —enchants; —ensues; —matures.

Adverbs for Discourse
pleasantly; accurately; prophetically; eloquently; abstrusely; incredibly; delightfully; confusingly; impressively; admirably; amiably; gaily; authoritatively; amusingly; instructively; didactically; ingenuously; humorously; stirringly; romantically; ramblingly; volubly; morally; unsympathetically.

Synonyms for Discourse
noun
 * communication, expression
 * debate, conversation, discussion, talk
 * dissertation, lecture, sermon, study, treatise
 * rationcination

verb
 * converse, talk
 * confer, argue, declaim, debate, lecture, dissertate, expatiate, discuss.
 * confer, argue, declaim, debate, lecture, dissertate, expatiate, discuss.

Derived terms

 * discourser

Derived terms

 * direct discourse
 * indirect discourse

Related terms

 * course
 * discursive

Thesaurus
accents, act, address, air, amplify, analyze, argue, article, assignment, bandy words, canvass, causerie, chalk talk, chatter, chew the fat, chew the rag, chin, colloque, colloquial discourse, colloquize, colloquy, comment, comment upon, commentate, commerce with, commune with, communicate, communicate with, communication, communion, confab, confabulate, consider, controvert, conversation, converse, converse with, conversing, criticize, deal with, debate, deduction, deductive reasoning, deliberate, deliberate upon, deliver an address, demonstration, descant, develop, dilate, discourse about, discourse of reason, discourse with, discursive reason, discuss, discussion, dispute, disquisition, dissert, dissertate, dissertation, do, elaborate, elocution, enact, enlarge, essay, etude, examination, examine, exchange, exchange views, excursus, exercise, expand, expatiate, explain, exposit, exposition, expound, feature, first approach, gab, give a talk, give-and-take, go into, handle, harangue, hold forth, homework, homily, impersonate, induction, inductive reasoning, inquire into, instruction, intercourse, interlocution, introductory study, investigate, knock around, language, lecture, lecture-demonstration, lesson, logical thought, lucubration, memoir, monograph, moral, moral lesson, morality, moralization, moralize, morceau, note, object lesson, oral communication, orate, outline, palaver, pandect, paper, paragraph, parole, pass under review, perform, perorate, personate, philosophy, piece, platform, play, playact, point a moral, prattle, preach, preachification, preaching, preachment, prelection, preliminary study, prolegomenon, proof, rap, rapping, ratiocination, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, rationalizing, read a lesson, reason, reason about, reason the point, reasonableness, reasoning, recital, recitation, religious discourse, remark, remark upon, research paper, review, rhetoric, screed, sermon, sermonette, sermonize, set task, shoot the breeze, sift, sketch, skull session, soapbox, sophistry, speak, speak with, speaking, special article, specious reasoning, speech, speechify, study, stump, survey, sweet reason, take counsel with, take the floor, take the stump, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, talk together, talking, task, teaching, term paper, theme, thesis, thresh out, touch upon, tract, tractate, travelogue, treat, treat of, treatise, treatment, utterance, ventilate, verbal intercourse, verbalization, visit with, voice, words, write up, yakkety-yak, yakking

Etymology
Either from discours:, or a direct alteration of  discursus:, itself from discurro:, from dis-: + curro:.

Noun

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 * Greek: συνομιλία
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 * : discours, discussion , exposé
 * : 논설
 * : discurso

Verb

 * Bulgarian: разговарям, дискутирам
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (tánlùn)
 * Czech: rozmlouvat


 * Dutch: ,
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 * Greek: συνομιλώ (sinomilo), διαλέγομαι (dialegome)


 * Bulgarian: докладвам, държа реч
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 * Mandarin: (yánjiǎng)
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 * Dutch: betogen, een betoog houden, een rede(voering) houden
 * German: eine halten
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