noun · neutral
discussion
/dɪˈskʌʃən/dis·CUS·sion
Band 5-6speakingtask2
the act of talking about something with others to exchange ideas or decide something
Examples
“The discussion lasted for over two hours.”
“We had a productive discussion about climate policy.”
“Open discussion is important in academic settings.”
Band 8 sentence
“In seminars we favour discussion over lecturing because it encourages critical thinking and student engagement.”
Collocations
- lead a discussion
- group discussion
- open discussion
Word family
discuss verbdiscussion noundiscussable adjective
Common mistakes
They had a long discuss→They had a long discussion
group discuss→group discussion
Say it for a higher band
5talk→6debate→7+discussion
Synonyms
talk
debate
Easily confused
debate
“The classroom discussion was calm, unlike the televised debate later that evening.”
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