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Collocations for discuss - verb

ADVERB

exhaustively, fully, in detail, thoroughly
The plan was discussed in great detail.
at length, endlessly, extensively
These ideas will be discussed at greater length in the next chapter.
briefly
further
freely, openly
This problem has never been discussed openly before.
informally
critically, intelligently, seriously
Students should be encouraged to discuss critically the information they are given.
publicly
explicitly (esp. AmE)

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VERB + discuss

convene (sth) to, meet to
to convene a conference to discuss the country's political future
The committee meets regularly to discuss these issues.
want to, wish to, would like to
need to
refuse to
He refused to discuss it with me.
be able to
be prepared to, be willing to
I'm not prepared to discuss this on the phone.

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PREPOSITION

with
I'd like to discuss this matter with you later.

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PHRASES

as discussed
We will send you an invoice as discussed.
a forum to discuss sth
have sth to discuss
Can you leave us alone? We have business to discuss.
an opportunity to discuss sth
widely discussed
The proposals have been widely discussed in the media.

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Discuss is used with these nouns as the subject:
article, cabinet, chapter, essay, meeting

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Discuss is used with these nouns as the object:
alternative, arrangement, aspect, business, concept, detail, disagreement, experience, extent, feasibility, feeling, finding, future, hypothesis, idea, implementation, implication, importance, incident, issue, matter, merit, motion, nature, plan, point, politics, possibility, problem, proposal, pros and cons, question, reason, recommendation, reform, religion, report, research, sexuality, situation, strategy, subject, tactic, technicality, theme, thing, topic, view, work

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