1. talk about (something) with another person or group of people: "I discussed the matter with my wife"Similartalk overtalk abouttalk throughconverse aboutdebateconfer aboutput your heads together aboutdeliberate aboutchew overconsiderexchange views on/aboutweigh upconsider the pros and cons ofthrash outarguedisputemootairventilatecanvassinformal:kick aroundbat around
▪ talk or write about (a topic) in detail, taking into account different ideas and opinions:"in Chapter Six I discuss problems that arise in applying Darwin's ideas"Similarexamineexplorestudyanalyzego intoscrutinizereviewdeal withtreatconsiderconcern itself withwrite abouttackle
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘dispel, disperse’, also ‘examine by argument’): from Latin discuss- ‘dashed to pieces’, later ‘investigated’, from the verb discutere, from dis- ‘apart’ + quatere ‘shake’.
