discourse

noun/ˈdɪskɔrs/

Frequency rank: #5,160 most common English word

Meaning

Serious spoken or written discussion of a subject.

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Example sentence

The professor's lecture sparked an engaging discourse on the ethics of artificial intelligence.

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