discourse
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
discourse
▶noun /ˈdɪskɔːs, dɪsˈkɔːs/ written or spoken communication or debate.
■ a formal written or spoken discussion of a topic.
■ Linguistics a text or conversation.
▶verb /dɪsˈkɔːs/ speak or write authoritatively about a topic.■ engage in conversation.
– origin ME (denoting the process of reasoning): from OFr. discours, from L. discursus ‘running to and fro’ (in med. L. ‘argument’), from discurrere ‘run away’.
'discourse' also found in these Oxford entries:
continuative
- descant
- dialect
- diatribe
- discourse marker
- discursive
- exordium
- homily
- ideology
- -logue
- -logy
- matter
- meditation
- oration
- parable
- prose
- satsang
- sermon
- topicalize
