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discourse

1. noun

a) Verbal exchange, conversation.

Two or three of the gentlemen sat near him, and I caught at times scraps of their conversation across the room. At first I could not make much sense of what I heard; for the discourse of Louisa Eshton and Mary Ingram, who sat nearer to me, confused the fragmentary sentences that reached me at intervals.

b) Expression in words, either speech or writing.

Syn: communication, expression, debate, conversation, discussion, talk, dissertation, lecture, study, treatise, rationcination

See Also: course, discursive

2. verb

a) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.

b) To write or speak formally and at length.

Syn: converse, talk

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