1 verbal communication; talk; conversation
2 a formal treatment of a subject in speech or writing, such as a sermon or dissertation
3 a unit of text used by linguists for the analysis of linguistic phenomena that range over more than one sentence
4 Archaic the ability to reason or the reasoning process
5 intr; often foll by: on or upon to speak or write (about) formally and extensively
6 intr to hold a discussion
7 tr Archaic to give forth (music) (C14: from Medieval Latin discursus argument, from Latin: a running to and fro, from discurrere to run different ways, from dis-1 + currere to run)
universe of discourse
n (Logic) the complete range of objects, events, attributes, relations, ideas, etc., that are expressed, assumed, or implied in a discussion
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