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How to spell discussion

hear itdis·cus·sion/dɪ'skəʃən/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: An exchange of views on a particular topic.

In a sentence: We had a fun discussion about our favorite animals in class today.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as discusion or discusson.

Same family: discussed, discussing, discussant, argument, conversation. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Discussion” comes from Latin *discutere*, meaning “to shake apart” or “break into pieces,” which is like breaking an idea into smaller parts to think about it. Over time, it came through Old French into English with the meaning of talking something over in detail.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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