What does discuss mean?
Word: Discuss
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Discuss means to talk about something with other people and share ideas about it.
Synonyms: talk about, debate
How do you spell discuss?
Syllables: dis - cuss
Tricky part: There is one s near the start and two at the end. Leaving out the final s gives discus, which is a different word.
Watch out for: dicuss, discusse, disscuss
Memory tip: One person starts with one s, and then two friends answer with two. Discuss: one s in, two s's out.
Discuss in a sentence
Example 1: Let us discuss the story before we write the answers.
Example 2: My parents discuss the grocery list every Sunday.
Example 3: The class will discuss ways to save water in summer.
Fun Fact
Discuss comes from a Latin word meaning to shake apart. When a group discusses an idea, they take it apart to look at every piece.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
After lunch, our group met to diskuss the plan for the science fair.
a) group
b) lunch
c) diskuss
d) science
Show answer
c) diskuss. The k sound in discuss is spelt with a c.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) quarel
b) discribe
c) explane
d) discuss
Show answer
d) discuss. Describe starts with de, explain ends in -ain and quarrel has a double r, so discuss is the only correct one.
Word Makeup
Choose the correct suffix to complete the word:
discuss
a) sion
b) ion
c) ian
d) tion
Show answer
b) ion. Discuss already ends in ss, so it only needs ion to become discussion.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
sucssid
a) dusciss
b) disucss
c) dsicuss
d) discuss
Show answer
d) discuss. Say dis-cuss in two beats and write the sounds in order.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In which scene are people discussing something?
a) friends sharing ideas about a play
b) a crowd cheering at a match
c) a teacher reading a story aloud
d) a boy reciting a poem
Show answer
a) friends sharing ideas about a play
2. When a class discusses an idea, which of these matters most?
a) talking all at once
b) listening to each other
c) leaving the room
d) staying silent
Show answer
b) listening to each other
