Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to discuss
Participle: discussed
Gerund: discussing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | discuss |
| you | discuss |
| he;she;it | discusses |
| we | discuss |
| you | discuss |
| they | discuss |
Perfect
| I | have discussed |
| you | have discussed |
| he;she;it | has discussed |
| we | have discussed |
| you | have discussed |
| they | have discussed |
Past
| I | discussed |
| you | discussed |
| he;she;it | discussed |
| we | discussed |
| you | discussed |
| they | discussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had discussed |
| you | had discussed |
| he;she;it | had discussed |
| we | had discussed |
| you | had discussed |
| they | had discussed |
Future
| I | will discuss |
| you | will discuss |
| he;she;it | will discuss |
| we | will discuss |
| you | will discuss |
| they | will discuss |
Future Perfect
| I | will have discussed |
| you | will have discussed |
| he;she;it | will have discussed |
| we | will have discussed |
| you | will have discussed |
| they | will have discussed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | discuss |
| you | discuss |
| he;she;it | discuss |
| we | discuss |
| you | discuss |
| they | discuss |
Perfect
| I | have discussed |
| you | have discussed |
| he;she;it | have discussed |
| we | have discussed |
| you | have discussed |
| they | have discussed |
Imperfect
| I | discussed |
| you | discussed |
| he;she;it | discussed |
| we | discussed |
| you | discussed |
| they | discussed |
Pluperfect
| I | had discussed |
| you | had discussed |
| he;she;it | had discussed |
| we | had discussed |
| you | had discussed |
| they | had discussed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would discuss |
| you | would discuss |
| he;she;it | would discuss |
| we | would discuss |
| you | would discuss |
| they | would discuss |
Perfect
| I | would have discussed |
| you | would have discussed |
| he;she;it | would have discussed |
| we | would have discussed |
| you | would have discussed |
| they | would have discussed |
Imperative
| you | discuss |
| we | Let's discuss |
| you | discuss |
Verbs conjugated like 'discuss'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'discuss'
discase,
discost,
discure,
disgust,
dismiss,
disuse,
rediscuss,
abscess,
absciss,
concuss,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to communicate to someone else by means of speech
- articulate, babble, blab, chat, chatter, converse, jabber, quethe, say, speak, talk, verbalize, yammer
- Drive away
- overshake, disperse
- talk
- moot, argue, explain, agitate, parley, consider, review, canvass
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
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”). See: Anglo-Norman '
discusser', French '
discuter'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] wider surges of sensation than the report of Tom's fate among his compeers on the place. It was the topic in every mouth, everywhere; and nothing was done in the house or in the field, but to discuss its probable results. Eliza's flight—an unprecedented event on the place—was also a great accessory in stimulating the general excitement.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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If a lady take a fancy to any male passenger 's seat, the gentleman who accompanies her gives him notice of the fact, and he immediately vacates it with great politeness. Politics are much discussed, so are banks, so is cotton. Quiet people avoid the question of the Presidency, for there will be a new election in three years and a half, and party feeling runs very high: the great [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to leave them. He had witnessed many such removals, and always with pain, though he knew that they departed for their own good. The question whether this tribe should go or stay, had been discussed among them a day or two before, in a hut erected for the purpose, the logs of which still lay upon the ground before the inn. When the speaking was done, the ayes and noes were ranged on opposite [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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And Mr. Shelby, not knowing any other way of enforcing his ideas, raised his voice,—a mode of arguing very convenient and convincing, when a gentleman is discussing matters of business with his wife.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] with anxious and dejected faces. Various spectators, intending to purchase, or not intending, examining, and commenting on their various points and faces with the same freedom that a set of jockeys discuss the merits of a horse.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] directly towards the house, she could overhear a good deal of the conversation. A grave sneer overcast the dark, severe gravity of her face, as she listened, and heard them divide out the ground, discuss the rival merits of the dogs, give orders about firing, and the treatment of each, in case of capture.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)