2syllables
discourse
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Definitions ofdiscourse
1noun
- Verbal exchange, conversation.
- Expression in words, either speech or writing.
- A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
Example: "The preacher gave us a long discourse on duty."
- Any rational expression, reason.
- An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
- Dealing; transaction.
1verb
- To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
- To write or speak formally and at length.
- To debate.
- To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
- To produce or emit (musical sounds).
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