discouragingly
— Adverb
– English
～ in a discouraging manner; "the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high"
discourse
— Verb
– English
～ talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
discourse
— Verb
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～ to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"
discourse
— Verb
– English
～ carry on a conversation
discourse
— Noun
– English
～ extended verbal expression in speech or writing
direct discourse
— Noun
– English
～ a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'")
discourse
— Noun
– English
～ an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
discourse
— Noun
– English
～ an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
discourteous
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking social graces
discourteous
— Adjective
– English
～ showing no courtesy; rude; "a distant and at times discourteous young"
discourteously
— Adverb
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～ in an impolite manner; "he treated her impolitely"
discourtesy
— Noun
– English
～ a manner that is rude and insulting
discourtesy
— Noun
– English
～ a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
discourtesy
— Noun
– English
～ an expression of lack of respect
discover
— Verb
– English
～ see for the first time; make a discovery; "Who discovered the North Pole?"
discover
— Verb
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～ make a discovery; "She found that he had lied to her"; "The story is false, so far as I can discover"
discover
— Verb
– English
～ get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
discover
— Verb
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～ find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
discover
— Verb
– English
～ identify as in botany or biology, for example
discover
— Verb
– English
～ discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"