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| Main Entry: |
discussion
 [dih-skuhsh-uhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
| Synonyms: | altercation, analysis, argument, argumentation, canvass, colloquy, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, excursus, groupthink, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | audience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hearing |
| Synonyms: | audition, conference, consideration, consultation, conversation, discussion, interview, meeting, reception |
| Main Entry: | briefing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | preparation by informing of facts |
| Synonyms: | background meeting, conference, directions, discussion, guidance, information, initiation, instruction, meeting, preamble, priming, rundown, update |
Example Sentences
- The meeting had no agenda, and he wanted to give some structure to the discussion.
- Though frenzied seabed mapping clarifies the geology, economic incentives cloud the discussion.
- The problem begins when they interrupt lecture or discussion to ask me to repeat irrelevant details.
| Main Entry: | colloquy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conversation, debate |
| Synonyms: | buzz session, chat, chinfest, chitchat, clambake, colloquium, confab, confabulation, conference, converse, dialogue, discourse, discussion, flap, gab fest, gam, groupthink, huddle, palaver, parley, powwow, rap session, rap, seminar, talk, talkfest |
| Main Entry: | comment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of opinion; explanation |
| Synonyms: | animadversion, annotation, backtalk, buzz*, comeback*, commentary, crack*, criticism, dictum, discussion, editorial, elucidation, exposition, footnote, gloss, hearsay, illustration, input, judgment, mention, mouthful, note, obiter, observation, opinion, remark, report, review, two cents' worth, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, colloquium |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, chat, colloquy, confabulation, conferring, congress, consultation, conversation, convocation, deliberation, discussion, forum, gabfest, groupthink, huddle, interchange, interview, meeting, palaver, parley, powwow, round robin, round table, seminar, symposium, talk, think-in, ventilation |
| Main Entry: | consideration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental analysis |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, cogitation, concentration, contemplation, debate, deliberation, discussion, examination, forethought, heed, reflection, regard, review, scrutiny, study, thinking, thought |
| Antonyms: | disregard, disrespect, failure, heedlessness, ignorance, neglect, negligence, omission, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | consultation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking, conference |
| Synonyms: | appointment, argument, buzz session, clambake, confab, conference, council, deliberation, dialogue, discussion, examination, groupthink, hearing, huddle, interview, meeting, powwow, second opinion, session |
| Main Entry: | contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument for idea |
| Synonyms: | advancement, affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, avowal, belief, charge, claim, contestation, declaration, demurrer, deposition, discussion, explanation, ground, hurrah, hypothesis, idea, maintaining, opinion, plea, position, predication, profession, rumpus, stand, thesis, view |
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