DISCOURSE


Meaning of DISCOURSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsˈkɔ:s ]

n. & v. --n. 1 literary a conversation; talk. b a dissertation or treatise on an academic subject. c a lecture or sermon. 2 Linguistics a connected series of utterances; a text. --v. 1 intr. talk; converse. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by of, on, upon) speak or write learnedly or at length (on a subject). 3 tr. archaic give forth (music etc.). [ME f. L discursus (as DIS-, COURSE): (v.) partly after F discourir]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.