discussion

plural discussions

1. countableuncountableConversation or debate concerning a particular topic.

   This topic is not open to discussion.

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   There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".

   My discussion with the professor was very enlightening.

   In the May 12 memo, Meta said it had previously allowed open discussion of abortion at work but later recognized that it had led to “significant disruptions in the workplace given unique legal complexities and the number of people affected by the issue.”

   2022 June 24, Mike Isaac and Ryan Mac, “Meta clamps down on internal discussion of Roe v. Wade’s overturning.”, in The New York Times

   Synonyms: discourse

2. countableuncountableText giving further detail on a subject.

   Under each heading, you will find a discussion.

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   The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

   2014 October 14, David Malcolm, “The Great War Re-Remembered: Allohistory and Allohistorical Fiction”, in Martin Löschnigg, Marzena Sokolowska-Paryz, editors, The Great War in Post-Memory Literature and Film, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG., →ISBN, page 173

3. countableobsoleteuncountablemedicineThe dispersion of a tumour.