English-Thai Dictionary

discourse

N การบรรยาย ที่ เคร่งเครียด  การ สนทนา  การ ปาฐกถา  การ กล่าวสุนทรพจน์  speech verbalization address monoloque kan-ban-yai-ti-kreng-kriad

 

discourse on

PHRV กล่าวสุนทรพจน์ เรื่อง  อภิปราย เรื่อง  ปราศรัย เรื่อง  klao-sun-to-ra-pod-rueang

 

discourse upon

PHRV กล่าวสุนทรพจน์ เรื่อง  อภิปราย เรื่อง  ปราศรัย เรื่อง  klao-sun-to-ra-pod-rueang

 

discourser

N ผู้อภิปราย 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCOURSE

n.Discors. [L., to run. ] 1. The act of the undertaking, by which it passes from premises to consequences; the act which connects propositions, and deduces conclusions from them. [This sense is now obsolete. ]
2. Literally, a running over a subject in speech; hence, a communication of thoughts by words, either to individuals, to companies, or to public assemblies. Discourse to an individual or to a small company is called conversation or talk; mutual interchange or thoughts; mutual intercourse of language. It is applied to the familiar communication of thoughts by an individual, or to the mutual communication of two or more. We say, I was pleased with his discourse, and he heard our discourse.
The vanquished party with the victors joined, nor wanted sweet discourse, the banquet of the mind.
3. Effusion of language; speech.
4. A written treatise; a formal dissertation; as the discourse of Plutarch on garrulity; of Cicero on old age.
5. A sermon, uttered or written. We say, an extemporaneous discourse, or a written discourse.

 

DISCOURSE

v.i. 1. To talk; to converse; to but it expresses rather more formality than talk. He discoursed with us an hour on the events of the war. We discoursed together on our mutual concerns.
2. To communicate thoughts or ideas in a formal manner; to treat upon in a solemn, set manner; as, to discourse on the properties of the circle; the preacher discoursed on the nature and effects of faith.
3. To reason; to pass from premises to consequences.

 

DISCOURSE

v.t.To treat of; to talk over; to discuss. [Not used. ] Let use discourse our fortunes.

 

DISCOURSER

n. 1. One who discourses; a speaker; a haranguer.
2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCOURSE

Dis *course ", n. Etym: [L. discursus a running to and fro, discourse, fr. discurrere, discursum, to run to and fro, to discourse; dis- + currere to run: cf. F. discours. See Course. ]

 

1. The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty. [Obs. ]Difficult, strange, and harsh to the discourses of natural reason. South. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused. Shak.

 

2. Conversation; talk. In their discourses after supper. Shak. Filling the head with variety of thoughts, and the mouth with copious discourse. Locke.

 

3. The art and manner of speaking and conversing. Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.

 

4. Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc. ; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.

 

5. Dealing; transaction. [Obs. ] Good Captain Bessus, tell us the discourse Betwixt Tigranes and our king, and how We got the victory. Beau. & Fl.

 

DISCOURSE

Dis *course ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Discoursed; p. pr. & vb. n.Discoursing. ]

 

1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason. [Obs. ] "Have sense or can discourse. " Dryden.

 

2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse. Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear. Shak.

 

3. To relate something; to tell. Shak.

 

4. To treat of something in writing and formally.

 

DISCOURSE

DISCOURSE Dis *course ", v. t.

 

1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [Obs. ] The life of William Tyndale... is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book. Foxe.

 

2. To utter or give forth; to speak. It will discourse mosShak.

 

3. To talk to; to confer with. [Obs. ] I have spoken to my brother, who is the patron, to discourse the minister about it. Evelyn.

 

DISCOURSER

DISCOURSER Dis *cours "er, n.

 

1. One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer. In his conversation he was the most clear discourser. Milward.

 

2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation. Philologers and critical discoursers. Sir T. Browne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

discourse

dis course ▶noun |ˈdisˌkôrs ˈdɪsˌkɔrs |written or spoken communication or debate: the language of political discourse | an imagined discourse between two people traveling in France. • a formal discussion of a topic in speech or writing: a discourse on critical theory. • Linguistics a connected series of utterances; a text or conversation. ▶verb |disˈkôrs dɪsˈkɔrs | [ no obj. ] speak or write authoritatively about a topic: she could discourse at great length on the history of Europe. • engage in conversation: he spent an hour discoursing with his supporters in the courtroom. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the process of reasoning, also in the phrase discourse of reason ): from Old French discours, from Latin discursus ‘running to and fro ’ (in medieval Latin ‘argument ’), from the verb discurrere, from dis- ‘away ’ + currere ‘to run ’; the verb influenced by French discourir .

 

discourse marker

dis course mark er |ˈdisˌkôrs ˈdɪskɔrs ˌmɑrkər | ▶noun Grammar a word or phrase whose function is to organize discourse into segments, for example well or I mean .

 

Oxford Dictionary

discourse

dis |course ▶noun |ˈdɪskɔːs, -ˈkɔːs |written or spoken communication or debate: [ mass noun ] : the language of political discourse | [ count noun ] : an imagined discourse between two people. • [ count noun ] a formal discussion of a topic in speech or writing: a discourse on critical theory. • Linguistics a connected series of utterances; a text or conversation. ▶verb |dɪsˈkɔːs | [ no obj. ] speak or write authoritatively about a topic: she could discourse at great length on the history of Europe. • engage in conversation: he spent an hour discoursing with his supporters. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the process of reasoning ): from Old French discours, from Latin discursus ‘running to and fro ’ (in medieval Latin ‘argument ’), from the verb discurrere, from dis- ‘away ’ + currere ‘to run ’; the verb influenced by French discourir .

 

discourse marker

dis |course mark ¦er ▶noun Grammar a word or phrase whose function is to organize discourse into segments, for example well or I mean .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

discourse

discourse noun 1 they prolonged their discourse outside the door: discussion, conversation, talk, dialogue, conference, debate, consultation; parley, powwow, chat, confab; formal confabulation, colloquy. 2 a discourse on critical theory: essay, treatise, dissertation, paper, study, critique, monograph, disquisition, tract; lecture, address, speech, oration; sermon, homily. ▶verb 1 he discoursed at length on his favorite topic: hold forth, expatiate, pontificate; talk, give a talk, give a speech, lecture, sermonize, preach; informal spout, sound off; formal perorate. 2 Edward was discoursing with his friends: converse, talk, speak, debate, confer, consult, parley, chat.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

discourse

discourse noun |(stress on the first syllable ) | 1 a small group of women had chosen to prolong their discourse outside the door: discussion, conversation, talk, dialogue, communication, conference, debate, consultation, verbal exchange; parley, powwow, chat; Indian adda; NZ korero; informal confab, chit-chat; formal confabulation; rare palaver, colloquy, converse, interlocution. 2 a discourse on critical theory: essay, treatise, dissertation, paper, study, critique, monograph, disquisition, tract; lecture, address, speech, oration, peroration; sermon, homily. ▶verb |(stress on the second syllable ) | 1 she could discourse at great length on the history of Europe: hold forth, expatiate, pontificate; talk, give a talk, give an address, give a speech, lecture, sermonize, preach, orate; write learnedly, write at length; informal spout, spiel, speechify, preachify, sound off; archaic perorate, lucubrate; rare dissertate. 2 he spent an hour discoursing with his supporters: converse, talk, speak, have a discussion, discuss matters, debate, confer, consult, parley, chat; informal have a confab, chew the fat, rap; formal confabulate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

discourse

dis course /dɪ́skɔː r s, --́ /名詞 ｟かたく ｠1 C «…についての » 講演, 講義, 説教 ; 論文 «on , upon » .2 U (まじめな )会話, 会談, 談話 .3 U 〘文法 〙話法 ; 〘言 〙談話 〘自然な発話の連続体 〙.動詞 /--́ /自動詞 ｟かたく ｠ «…について » (かたい調子で長々と )論ずる, 語る ; 講演 [演説, 説教 ]する «on , upon » ; «…と » 話す «with » .～́ an à lysis 〘言 〙談話分析 .～́ m à rker 〘言 〙談話標識 〘話題の移行を示す well, by the way など 〙.