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discourse::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dissertate, hold forth |
| Type of | speak, talk |
discourse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | preaching, sermon |
| Type of | address, speech |
| Has types | kerugma, evangelism, homily, baccalaureate, preachment, kerygma |
discourse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | discussion, treatment |
| Type of | communication, communicating |
| Has types | dilation, expansion, detail, consideration, talk, elaboration, enlargement |
discourse::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | language unit, linguistic unit |
| Has types | context, linguistic context, context of use |
Examples of discourse
discourse
I can't really blame people for preferring Hawaii Five-0 to political discourse.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Mr Obama was expected to refer to rancorous political discourse only fleetingly.
From the telegraph.co.uk
That is why editors and editors-in-chief are valid subjects of public discourse.
From the smh.com.au
Money was not a subject for public discourse back then, it just wasn't an issue.
From the kentucky.com
Seen by Obama's critics, this is a discourse about process rather than problems.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's an atmosphere that can foster both casual discourse and competitive spirit.
From the businessweek.com
Does calling everyone who disagrees with you a bigot qualify as civil discourse?
From the economist.com
The Party of God control anglo media and also much discourse and many countries.
From the guardian.co.uk
Discourse that drives some people away form your cause draws other people to it.
From the scienceblogs.com
- Extended verbal expression in speech or writing
- To consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"
- Converse: carry on a conversation
- Sermon: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
- Discussion: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
- Hold forth: talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
- Discourse (L. discursus, "running to and from") generally refers to "written or spoken communication or debate" The following are three more specific definitions: (1) In semantics and discourse analysis: A generalization of the concept of conversation to all modalities and contexts.
- (Discourses (Meher Baba)) Discourses (ISBN 1-880619-09-1) is a book by Meher Baba that has received seven editions since 1939 and is still in print. Besides God Speaks it is considered the second most important of Meher Baba's books by followers of Meher Baba.
- (Discourses) The frameworks of thinking in a particular area of social life. For instance, the discourse of criminality means how people in a given society think and talk about crime.
