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discourse

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

extended verbal expression in speech or writing(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)(noun.communication)

Synonym:
preaching, sermon

source: wordnet30
an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic(noun.communication)

Synonym:
discussion, treatment

source: wordnet30
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)

Synonym:
discuss, talk about

source: wordnet30
carry on a conversation(verb.communication)

Synonym:
converse

source: wordnet30
talk at length and formally about a topic(verb.communication)

Synonym:
dissertate, hold forth

source: wordnet30
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

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