Word

discussion, n.
(discussions)
freq. cnt. 52

an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 29 freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 2

discourse discussion treatment

sample sentences

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

discuss

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

treat

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

discourse

semantic pointers

hypernym

communication, communicating

hyponym

detail dilation consideration talk expansion, enlargement, elaboration

an exchange of views on some topic
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 3

discussion give-and-take word

sample sentences

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

discuss

semantic pointers

hypernym

speech, language, spoken language, speech communication, spoken communication, voice communication, oral communication

hyponym

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