Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - discourse
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Discourse
discourse
~1 n 1 a serious speech or piece of writing on a particular subject + on/upon (Professor Grant delivered a long discourse on aspects of moral theology.) 2 serious conversation between people (You can't expect meaningful discourse when you two disagree so violently.) 3 the language used in particular kinds of speech or writing (scientific discourse) ~2 v discourse on/upon sth phr v to make a long formal speech about something (Mrs. Hitchins discoursed at length on the ignorance of the frontier people.)
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(discoursed) 1. Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. ...a tradition of political discourse. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp 2. A discourse is a serious talk or piece of writing which is intended to teach or explain something. (FORMAL) Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy. N-COUNT 3. If someone discourses on something, they talk for a long time about it in a confident way. (FORMAL) He discoursed for several hours on French and English prose. VERB: V prep, also V 4. see also direct discourse, indirect discourse ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English discours, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin discursus; Medieval Latin, argument, from Late Latin, conversation, from Latin, act of running about, from discurrere to run about, from dis- + currere to run — more at car Date: 14th century 1. archaic the capacity of orderly thought or procedure ; rationality 2. verbal interchange of ideas; especially conversation 3. a. formal and orderly and usually extended expression of thought on a subject b. connected speech or writing c. a linguistic unit (as a conversation or a story) larger than a sentence 4. obsolete social familiarity 5. a mode of organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts (as history or institutions) critical ~ II. verb (~d; discoursing) Date: 1559 intransitive verb 1. to express oneself especially in oral ~ 2. talk, converse transitive verb archaic to give forth ; utter • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 literary a conversation; talk. b a dissertation or treatise on an academic subject. c a lecture or sermon. 2 Linguistics a connected series of utterances; a text. --v. 1 intr. talk; converse. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by of, on, upon) speak or write learnedly or at length (on a subject). 3 tr. archaic give forth (music etc.). Etymology: ME f. L discursus (as DIS-, COURSE): (v.) partly after F discourir ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. книж. лекция, речь, слово to deliver a discourse —- произнести речь 2. книж. трактат, рассуждение discourse on the nature of man —- трактат о природе человека 3. книж. разговор, беседа to hold discourse with smb. —- беседовать (вести беседу) с кем-л. 4. дискурс, сверхфразовые единства 5. высказывание 6. книж. ораторствовать, произносить речи to discourse upon (of) smth. —- рассуждать о чем-л. 7. книж. писать трактат (о чем-л.) 8. книж. разговаривать, вести беседу ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun рассуждение (письменное или устное); лекция, доклад, речь Syn: see speech 2. v. ораторствовать; рассуждать; излагать в форме речи, лекции, проповеди (upon/on - о чем-л.) The minister discoursed upon the effectiveness of religious belief for over two hours. His latest book discourses upon the evils of violence. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1380, alteration of L. discursus "a running about," in L.L. "conversation," from stem of discurrere "run about," from dis- "apart" + currere "to run." Sense of "formal speech or writing" is first recorded 1581. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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