(~d)
1.
Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject.
...a tradition of political ~.
N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp
2.
A ~ is a serious talk or piece of writing which is intended to teach or explain something. (FORMAL)
Gates responds with a lengthy ~ on deployment strategy.
N-COUNT
3.
If someone ~s on something, they talk for a long time about it in a confident way. (FORMAL)
He ~d for several hours on French and English prose.
VERB: V prep, also V
4.
see also direct ~ , indirect ~