In their discourse after dinner, they talked about politics.
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Discourse
//ˈdɪs.kɔːs//
Synonyms for "discourse" (259 found)
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Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (78)
converse withconversingcriticizedeal withdeductiondeductive reasoningdeliberatedeliberate upondeliver an addressdemonstrationdescantdevelopdilatediscourse aboutdiscourse of reasondiscourse withdiscursive reasondiscussdisputedisquisition
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dissertdissertatedoelaborateelocutionenactenlargeessayetudeexaminationexamineexchangeexchange viewsexcursusexerciseexpandexplainexpositexpositionexpoundfeaturefirst approachgabgive a talkgive-and-takego intohandleharanguehold forthhomeworkhomilyimpersonateinductioninductive reasoninginquire intoinstructionintercourseinterlocutionintroductory studyinvestigateknock aroundlanguagelecturelecture-demonstrationlessonlogical thought
Verb(5 words)
Related words (129)
lucubrationmemoirmonographmoralmoral lessonmoralitymoralizationmoralizemorceaunarratenoteobject lessonoral communicationorateorationoutlinepalaverpandectpaperparagraph
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parolepass under reviewperformperoratepersonatephilosophypieceplatformplayplayactpoint a moralprattlepreachpreachificationpreachingpreachmentprelectionpreliminary studyprolegomenonproofraprappingrationalismrationalityrationalizationrationalizingread a lessonreasonreason aboutreason the pointreasonablenessreasoningrecitalrecitationreligious discourseremarkremark uponresearch paperreviewrhetoricscreedsermonettesermonizeset taskshoot the breezesiftsketchskull sessionsoapboxsophistryspeakspeak withspeakingspecial articlespecious reasoningspeechspeechifystudystumpsurveysweet reasontake counsel withtake the floortake the stumptake uptalktalk abouttalk oftalk overtalk togethertalkingtaskteachingterm paperthemethesisthresh outtouch upontracttractatetraveloguetreattreat oftreatisetreatmentutteranceventilateverbal intercourseverbalizationvisit withvoicewordswrite upyakkety-yakyakking
Verb(5 words)
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14 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
179 translations across 36 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- diskoers noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- diskoers noun (in social sciences)
- gesprek noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- gesprek noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διαλέγομαι verb (engage in discussion or conversation)
Armenian
1 entries- խոսույթ noun (in social sciences)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- diskurs noun (in social sciences)
Bulgarian
4 entries- доклад noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- лекция noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- разговор noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- дискутирам verb (engage in discussion or conversation)
Catalan
1 entries- discurs noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 交談 /交谈 noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- 會話 /会话 noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- 話語 /话语 noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- 談話 /谈话 noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Czech
4 entries- projev noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- přednáška noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- rozprava noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- řeč noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
Danish
4 entries- afhandling noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- afhandling noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- debat noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- diskurs noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
Dutch
4 entries- betoog noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- betoog noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- communicatie noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- conversatie noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
Esperanto
1 entries- diskurso noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
Faroese
4 entries- fyrilestur noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- orðaskifti noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- ritgerð noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- samrøða noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Finnish
4 entries- ajatustenvaihto noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- diskurssi noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- diskurssi noun (in social sciences)
- ilmaus noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
French
4 entries- conversation noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- discours noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- discours noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- discours noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Galician
4 entries- discurso noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- discurso noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- discurso noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- discurso noun (rational expression, reason)
Georgian
1 entries- დისკურსი noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
German
4 entries- Abhandlung noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- Debatte noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- Diskurs noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- Diskurs noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
Greek
4 entries- διάλεξη noun (in social sciences)
- ομιλία noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- ομιλία noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- συνομιλία noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Hebrew
2 entries- שִׂיחַ noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- שִׂיחַ noun (in social sciences)
Indonesian
4 entries- bahasan noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- diskursus noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- diskursus noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- diskursus noun (rational expression, reason)
Italian
2 entries- discorso noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- discussione noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Japanese
4 entries- デイスクー noun (in social sciences)
- 会話 noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- 会談 noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- 対話 noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Korean
1 entries- 논설 noun (rational expression, reason)
Latin
1 entries- sermōcinor verb (engage in discussion or conversation)
Māori
1 entries- whakatakotoranga noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- diskurs noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- diskurs noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قال noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- صحبت ایتمك verb (engage in discussion or conversation)
Persian
1 entries- دیسکورس noun (in social sciences)
Polish
4 entries- dyskurs noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- dyskurs noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- dyskurs noun (in social sciences)
- konwersacja noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Portuguese
4 entries- discurso noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- discurso noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- discurso noun (in social sciences)
- discussão noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Romanian
4 entries- conversație noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- discurs noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- discurs noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- discurs noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Russian
4 entries- бесе́да noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- ди́скурс noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- ди́скурс noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- ди́скурс noun (in social sciences)
Spanish
4 entries- coloquio noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- conversación noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- discurso noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- discurso noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
Swedish
4 entries- diskurs noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- diskurs noun (formal lengthy exposition of some subject)
- diskurs noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- diskurs noun (in social sciences)
Turkish
4 entries- mubahase noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- mübahase noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
- söz noun (expression in (spoken or written) words)
- tartışma noun (verbal exchange or conversation)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
Revelation cannot be applied to the relating of facts by the persons who saw them done, nor to the relating or recording of any discourse or conversation by those who heard it.
Source: tatoeba (1530057)
Erase to the start of discourse or text; drop the subject or start over.
Source: tatoeba (1616246)
Whether written or spoken, formally monologic or dialogic, discourse is studied as interaction.
Source: tatoeba (2403384)
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