| Front | discourse |
|---|---|
| Back | dis•course noun, verb noun word origin /BrE ˈdɪskɔːs ; NAmE ˈdɪskɔːrs/ 1 [countable, uncountable] (formal) a long and serious treatment or discussion of a subject in speech or writing a discourse on issues of gender and sexuality He was hoping for some lively political discourse at the meeting. 2 [uncountable] (linguistics) the use of language in speech and writing in order to produce meaning; language that is studied, usually in order to see how the different parts of a text are connected spoken/written discourse discourse analysis verb verb forms word origin /BrE dɪsˈkɔːs ; NAmE dɪsˈkɔːrs/ disˈcourse on/upon sth (formal) to talk or give a long speech about sth that you know a lot about He discoursed for hours on the problems of the education system. |
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