Word

discourse, v.
(discoursed, discourses, discoursing)

talk at length and formally about a topic
<verb.communication>

discourse dissertate hold forth

sample sentences

"The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"

verb frames

Somebody ----s on something

verb frames

Somebody ----s on something

verb frames

Somebody ----s on something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dissertation

semantic pointers

hypernym

talk, speak

carry on a conversation
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

converse discourse

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

conversation

semantic pointers

hyponym

argue, contend, debate, fence interview, question interview interview chat, chatter, jaw, visit, chew the fat, shoot the breeze, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chaffer, natter, gossip, claver

hypernym

talk, speak

to consider or examine in speech or writing
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 94 freq. cnt.: 54 freq. cnt.: 40

discourse discuss talk about

sample sentences

"The author talks about the different aspects of this question"
"The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sam and Sue %s
Sam wants to %s with Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

discussion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

discourse

semantic pointers

hypernym

deal, cover, treat, handle, plow, address

hyponym

descant talk shop