Main entry: discourse
Definition: extended verbal expression in speech or writing
Main entry: discourse, discussion, treatment
Definition: an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
Usage: the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic; his treatment of the race question is badly biased
Main entry: sermon, preaching, discourse
Definition: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
Main entry: hold forth, discourse, dissertate
Definition: talk at length and formally about a topic
Usage: The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England
Main entry: discourse, converse
Definition: carry on a conversation
Main entry: talk about, discourse, discuss
Definition: to consider or examine in speech or writing
Usage: The author talks about the different aspects of this question; The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'