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   discourse

   noun

   • 1. written or spoken communication or debate: "the language of political discourse" Similar discussionconversationtalkdialoguecommunicationconferencedebateconsultationverbal exchangeparleychataddakoreroinformal:confabchit-chatpowwowformal:confabulationrare:palavercolloquyconverseinterlocution
   • ▪ a formal discussion of a topic in speech or writing: "a discourse on critical theory" Similar essaytreatisedissertationpaperstudycritiquemonographdisquisitiontractlectureaddressspeechorationperorationsermonhomily
   • ▪ a connected series of utterances; a text or conversation.

   verb

   • 1. speak or write authoritatively about a topic: "she could discourse at great length on the history of Europe" Similar hold forthexpatiatepontificatetalkgive a talkgive an addressgive a speechlecturesermonizepreachoratewrite learnedlywrite at lengthinformal:spoutspielspeechifypreachifysound offarchaic:peroratelucubraterare:dissertate
   • ▪ engage in conversation: "he spent an hour discoursing with his supporters" Similar conversetalkspeakhave a discussiondiscuss mattersdebateconferconsultparleychatinformal:have a confabchew the fatrapformal:confabulate

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting the process of reasoning): from Old French discours, from Latin discursus ‘running to and fro’ (in medieval Latin ‘argument’), from the verb discurrere, from dis- ‘away’ + currere ‘to run’; the verb influenced by French discourir.

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