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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

discourse

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Source Word

discourse

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɪskɔː(ɹ)s/

intransitive obsolete transitive

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）議論や会話に従事する、話し合う / （自動詞）公式に、または長々と書いたり話したりする / （古語・他動詞）議論する、討論する

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The scholars gathered in the library to discourse on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

学者たちは図書館に集まり、人工知能の倫理的影響について話し合った。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.

Sense（3）

(obsolete, transitive) To debate.

Sense（4）

To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.

While he discours'd on heaven's mysterious

The world's original, and nature's cause

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（5）

(obsolete, transitive) To produce or emit (musical sounds).

Hamlet. […] Will you play upon this pipe? […] It is as easy as lying. Govern these ventages with your fingers and thumbs, give it breath with your mouth, and it will discourse most eloquent music.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

discourses

（ present singular third-person ）

discoursing

（ participle present ）

discoursed

（ participle past ）

discoursed

（ past ）

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