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discourse

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discourse
1. noun

Two or three of the gentlemen sat near him, and I caught at times scraps of their conversation across the room. At first I could not make much sense of what I heard; for the discourse of Louisa Eshton and Mary Ingram, who sat nearer to me, confused the fragmentary sentences that reached me at intervals.

b) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
See Also: course, discursive
2. verb
b) To write or speak formally and at length.

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  • discourse — 1> книж. лекция, речь, слово Ex: to deliver a discourse произнести речь 2> книж. трактат, рассуждение Ex: discourse on the nature of man трактат о природе человека 3> книж. разговор, беседа Ex: to hold discourse with smb. беседовать (вести… …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

  • Discourse — Dis*course , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Discoursed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discoursing}.] 1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs.] Have sense or can discourse. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To express one s self in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Discourse — Dis*course , v. t. 1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe. [1913 Webster] 2. To utter or give forth; to speak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • discourse — 1. noun рассуждение (письменное или устное); лекция, доклад, речьSyn: see speech 2. v. ораторствовать; рассуждать; излагать в форме речи, лек ции, проповеди (upon/on о чем л.) The minister discoursed upon theeffectiveness of religious belief for… …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

  • discourse — I noun address, allocution, argument, argumentation, commentary, conference, conlocutio, conloquium, conversation, declamation, dialogue, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, elucidation, exchange of views, excursus, exhortation, exposition,… …   Law dictionary

  • Discourse — For other uses, see Discourses (disambiguation). Sociology …   Wikipedia

  • discourse — сущ. 1) общ. разговор; рассуждение, доклад, лекция, речь direct [indirect] discourse прямая [косвенная] речь 2) фил. дискурс а) мет. (набор терминов и концепций, в рамках которых описывается и объясняется реальность) б) соц. (язык, на котором… …   Англо-русский экономический словарь

  • discourse — dɪsˈkɔ:s 1. сущ. 1) разговор Syn : conversation 2) рассуждение (письменное или устное); доклад, лекция, речь direct discourse ≈ прямая речь indirect discourse ≈ …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

  • discourse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English discours, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin discursus; Medieval Latin, argument, from Late Latin, conversation, from Latin, act of running about, from discurrere to run about, from dis + currere to run more at car …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • discourse — (Lat., discursus, a running from one place to another) A continuous stretch of language containing more than one sentence: conversations, narratives, arguments, speeches. Discourse analysis is the social and linguistic description of norms… …   Philosophy dictionary