Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - discuss

(discusses, discussing, discussed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If people discuss something, they talk about it, often in order to reach a decision. I will be discussing the situation with colleagues tomorrow... The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum. VERB: V n, V wh to-inf 2. If you discuss something, you write or talk about it in detail. I will discuss the role of diet in cancer prevention in Chapter 7... VERB: V n