discuss
Usage
What are other ways to say discuss?
To discuss is to present varied opinions and views in consideration of a matter: to discuss ways and means. To argue is to present one's reasons for or against a thing: The scientists argued for a safer testing procedure; it may also imply disputing in an angry or excited way: His parents argue all the time. To debate is to interchange formal (usually opposing) arguments, especially on public questions: to debate a proposed amendment.
Example Sentences
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My financial adviser and I have plans to discuss preparing for this eventuality.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Macron and MBS "will discuss key regional issues, in a context calling for close coordination between France and its Gulf partners to foster stability and peace" in the Middle East, according to Macron's office.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Next week, host Susan Matthews joins Amicus co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern to discuss the blockbuster decisions handed down in June—and Gorsuch’s role in them.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
The organization has screened his films regularly for decades and Brooks has appeared at its theaters a dozen or so times to discuss his work and collaborators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
She didn’t write notes about me on the lavatory walls, leave slimy things in my jacket pockets, or have her mother call up my mama and discuss my behavior.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, Chase Infiniti discusses her meteroic rise, her Emmy nomination for “The Testaments” and nurturing the ambition to become an actor since age 10.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The manager is beaming when he discusses Walker.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Here, she discusses her workout routine, her relationship with God and her pregame playlist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
In this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick continues the “By the People” series, in which she discusses the landmark 2015 marriage-equality decision Obergefell with co-host Mark Joseph Stern and gay rights advocate Marc Solomon.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
This TED talk by Charles Limb discusses just that and more.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Another widely discussed subplot is tied to where Paloma Duffy should attend college.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
“My husband and I went away with our two children and we all sat down and discussed it.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Zelensky wrote on X that he had discussed all the main issues with Macron "and this concerns, first and foremost, the need for air defence".
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
For one thing, she is emphasizing that her executive leadership is the first team—a concept I discussed recently with Gong CEO Amit Bendov.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
When we discussed the readings in class, I was surprised to find out that I had not really understood what I read.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
They spend plenty of time visiting the “Real World: Boston” house where Duffy reconnects with his erstwhile housemate, Montana McGlynn, and next to none discussing Boston’s pivotal role in igniting the American Revolution.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
"We should not be afraid of discussing it. That's what democracy is all about. If I cannot share my ideas and be open about them with my own society, then what are we fighting for?"
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Top executives are discussing if they should report those store-fulfilled sales differently to better reflect Walmart’s current business model, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
This is likely one of the first choices to come to mind when discussing what should be included in your priority list, and that’s also why it made mine.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The younger Kaltenbrunner was an avowed liberal and had no interest in discussing his father, the camps, or anything else concerning Nazism or anti-Semitism.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Vocabulary lists containing discuss
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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