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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1340|origins=la quatiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /dɪˈskʌʃ.ᵊn/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|discussioun]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|discussion|t=discussion, examination, legal trial]] and directly [[der|la-lat|discussiō|t=examination, investigation]] (accusative discussiōnem),^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) in classical Latin “a shaking”,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) a noun of action from the past participle of [[m|la|discutere|t=to strike apart, break up; in Late Latin, to investigate]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|dis-|t=apart]] and [[m|la|quatere|t=to shake]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[discuss]], [[concussion]], [[percussion]] and [[quash]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Examination, investigation, judicial trial: before 1340 in the OED,^(OED 1989) the mid-14th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense evolution in Latin was from “to smash apart” to “to scatter, disperse”, then in post-classical times, through the mental process, to “to investigate, examine”, and finally to “to debate”.^(Etymonline) The meaning “a talking over, debating” is first recorded in English in the mid-15th century,^(Etymonline) and the OED dates the examination of a matter by arguments for and against to before 1556.^(OED 1989) In medicine, the dispersal of humours or of a tumour, it is from 1620.^(OED 1989) Argument or debate meant to bring out the truth is from 1789,^(OED 1989) and humorously the testing of food by eating it from 1853.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1340 – judicial examination.^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-15th century – a talking over.^(Etymonline)

+ * before 1556 – examination by argument.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1620 – in medicine.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1789 – debate.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1937 – ''discussion group''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Consideration of a subject by a group; a serious [[conversation]] or [[debate]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A formal spoken or written treatment of a topic; an [[exposition]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[discussional]]

+ * [[prediscussion]]

+ * [[rediscussion]]

+ * [[panel discussion]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[discuss]]

+ * [[concussion]]

+ * [[percussion]]

+ * [[quash]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}