Other forms: discussions
A discussion is a serious conversation weighing different views. More structured than a chat, less heated than an argument.
The word takes about or of, and it appears constantly in working life: a discussion about the budget, under discussion, open for discussion. There is a nice pair of fixed phrases, since something under discussion is being decided and something out of the question is not up for discussion at all. The verb is discuss, which never takes about after it, and that is one of the most common mistakes learners make.
1noundiscussionA serious conversation in which views are exchanged.
“There was a long discussion about the timetable.”
Also accepted in games: debate
Latin
discussiō
Old French
discussion
English, today
discussion
From Old French discussion, from Latin discussiō, from Latin discutiō. by surface analysis, discuss + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA