English dictionary

discourse

/'d/I/s,k/oU/rs/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

extended verbal expression in speech or writing

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

noun.communication

Synonyms preaching sermon

Source: WordNet 3.0
an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic

noun.communication

Synonyms discussion treatment

Source: WordNet 3.0
The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty.

noun

Source: webster1913

to consider or examine in speech or writing

verb.communication

Synonyms discuss talk about

Source: WordNet 3.0
carry on a conversation

verb.communication

Synonyms converse

Source: WordNet 3.0
talk at length and formally about a topic

verb.communication

Synonyms dissertate hold forth

Source: WordNet 3.0
To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.

verb

Source: webster1913
To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.

verb

Source: webster1913