How to spell discuss

hear itdis·cuss/dɪ'skəs/verbSilent and tricky

What it means: To talk about something with others.

In a sentence: Let's discuss the different animals we like.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s. Often misspelled as discuse or discus.

Same family: discussion, discussed, discussing, discusses, debate. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Discuss” comes from Latin *discutere*, meaning “to shake apart” or “break up,” which originally suggested examining something by breaking it into pieces. Over time, the meaning shifted from physically breaking apart to mentally examining a topic through conversation.

Patterns it uses: Double the consonant before a suffix?

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