English noun: discussion | |||
1. | discussion (communication) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | ||
Samples | The book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic. His treatment of the race question is badly biased. | ||
Synonyms | discourse, treatment | ||
Broader (hypernym) | communicating, communication | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | consideration, detail, dilation, elaboration, enlargement, expansion, talk | ||
2. | discussion (communication) an exchange of views on some topic | ||
Samples | We had a good discussion. We had a word or two about it. | ||
Synonyms | give-and-take, word | ||
Broader (hypernym) | language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | argument, argumentation, conference, debate, deliberation, dialogue, group discussion, negotiation, panel discussion, post-mortem, postmortem, public discussion, talks, ventilation | ||