Collocations for "discussion"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "discussion" in context.
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discussion
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [long, heated, prolonged, brief] discussion
- a discussion about [money, politics, football, work]
- a discussion about [whether, if, why, who, where, what]
- the discussion of whether or not to
- a discussion about [how, how many, how little, how to]
- a discussion [on, over, about, regarding, concerning]
- is [an ongoing, a never-ending] discussion
- [took part, participated] in the discussion
- were engaged in discussion (about)
- have held [several, many] discussions (on)
- the [issue, item] has come up for discussion
- has been [raised, flagged] for (further) discussion
- would need further discussion before
- (the result) ended any [further, possible] discussion
- [following, after] a prolonged discussion
- is [tonight's] [topic, item] of discussion
- I do not want to have this discussion (right now)
- we will have this discussion later!
- it is not up for discussion!
- is not a point of discussion
- didn't leave much [room, reason] for discussion
- am not having this discussion (with you) again!
- how many times do we have to have this discussion?
- we are going to have a serious discussion when I get [home, back]
- had a discussion with [John] [yesterday, earlier]
- as per our [recent, earlier] discussions
- further to our [earlier] discussion
- the discussion [agenda, points, topics]
- a discussion [group, board, forum]
'discussion' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arise
- awhile
- baseline
- begin
- brief
- cause
- center
- confine
- context
- corner
- delve
- dig
- diversion
- drop
- dwelling
- end
- engaging
- enjoyable
- ensuing
- entertaining
- escalate
- extensive
- facet
- facilitate
- floor
- foregoing
- foreign
- forum
- frank
- fruitful
- full
- further
- generate
- give
- group
- have
- heated
- hijack
- include
- informal
- informed
- insightful
- involve
- irrelevant
- join
- launch
- lead
- leave
- lengthy
- lively