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discussion

A discussion happens when two or more people share ideas about something, usually by talking. The company held detailed salary discussions with all employees. There have been ongoing discussions about the new rules.

discussion

(= treatment) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic his treatment of the race question is badly biased (= word) an exchange of views on some topic we had a good discussion we had a word or two about it

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Examples discussion examples

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Simple sentences

The project is under discussion.
Everything is under discussion.
That was under discussion.
I find this whole discussion really stupid.
Thank you for the interesting discussion.
Let's carry on the discussion.
Discussion is based upon mutual respect.
We carried on the discussion till late at night.
We arrived at an agreement after two hours' discussion.
Those agenda items were taken up en bloc for discussion.
It's not a suitable topic for discussion.
The problem was under discussion.
That question is under discussion.
My voice was ignored in the discussion.
The plan is under discussion.
He remained dumb during this discussion.
All we need now is action, not discussion.
Discussion resumed after a short interruption.
Let's put a stop to this discussion.
Did you take part in the discussion yesterday?
We took part in the discussion.
We should confine the discussion to the question at issue.
We had a heated discussion about it.

Movie subtitles

End of discussion.
End of discussion!
She will think the meeting a friendly discussion. on Roman and Egyptian affairs.
Couldn't we continue this discussion over a whisky and soda after our game?
One thing I don't want is to start this endless discussion all over again.
Perhaps another discussion with the Councilmen is called for.
Well, all this is leading into a very interesting and deep-dish discussion which I haven't time to pursue at the moment.
Please answer all questions put to you, directly and without discussion.
I have arranged a round table discussion with a few people of various backgrounds.
Well, any hasty random discussion would be of no scientific value.
Professor Potts started the round table discussion 10 minutes ago.
Now to get back to the subject under discussion.
This, gentlemen, perfectly sums up today's discussion of blind flying.
After all, this could be very interesting, the three of us in friendly discussion.
Now Kemp is able to have a more intimate discussion with Flora.
There will be enough discussion in the Parliament.
And, I'm gonna disturb him. The scientific gentlemen are with him. They're having their usual Wednesday night discussion.
We'll postpone any discussion until after dinner.
We'd just finished a most interesting discussion.
Don't look like we're in the mood for political discussion.
I don't know if it's due to our discussion, but I'm famished!
Let's keep our discussion on a friendly basis.
I don't want this discussion to run into hours.
Discussion amongst friends.
I refuse to be dragged into any further discussion of the philosophy of law.
I understand, but for the sake of discussion let's say we are getting married.
Well, there's no use going into reams of discussion.
And that's not up for discussion!
We're just having a little discussion.
Aren't you letting the discussion become rather morbid, Dr. Turner?
We had quite a discussion about it.
I haven't got time to go into a discussion of ethics.
It's useless to continue an unpleasant discussion.
Excuse me for being late, but I had a family discussion.
We need to have a real discussion.
Rupert, remember the discussion we had before with Mr Kentley?

News and current affairs

But is the Gates affair the right way to enter into this discussion?
There is, however, a danger that it will have an adverse affect on the necessary national discussion about race.
But it is better to begin the ethical discussion too early than too late.
As America debates whether or not to invade Iraq, fears that the country's economic recovery will stall are beginning to creep into the discussion; with that, worries about the health of the global economy are growing, too.
Yet the discussion foundered, and no decision was taken.
Let's hope that when the G-20 leaders meet later this year, they decide to take the problem seriously instead of tabling discussion for a decade or two until the next crisis is upon us.
When I asked one CEO whether there was any discussion of returning their bonuses, the response was not just no, but an aggressive defense of the bonus system.
Given this ambiguity, there remains time for Europe to engage the US in a serious discussion of the options for dealing with Saddam.
Even while discussion in Washington is fixated on Iraq, a number of thoughtful foreign observers are asking these longer-term questions.
Unfortunately, far too much discussion has centered on what governments can do to stimulate demand through budget deficits and monetary policy.
As well as scientists from the relevant disciplines, art theorists, psychiatrists, language experts and philosophers are beginning to participate in the discussion.
I recently participated in a panel discussion of this phenomenon at the American Economic Association annual meeting in Denver.
But his rather technical discussion (which focused on monetary economics and the gold standard) forged no new consensus among economists, and the news media reported no clear sense of alarm.
High oil prices fuel public discussion about the future of oil prices.
This is why so many threads of discussion turn from potentially interesting citizen speculation to hate speech and paranoia.
The current attempt by Republicans in the US Congress to roll back America's effort to ban incandescent bulbs has revived this discussion.
Discussion of rules and institutions comes across as bloodless.
There is a discussion of how much of the burden to pass on to future generations. In this war, there was no such discussion.
With the US loath to introduce potential spoilers into the mix, there is no chance that any of these issues will be up for discussion.
Indeed, it is a discussion that the world needs to have.
And, inevitably, today's big bailouts have been followed by a politically fraught discussion of which banks were rescued, and whose political interests were served.

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