Language And Communication Studies

noun a formal discussion of a topic in speech or writing

verb to engage in conversation or discussion

• The discourse on climate change has been a topic of debate for many years.
• Let's have a discourse on what movie to watch tonight.
• I'm not in the mood for your political discourse right now.
• The discourse between the two countries was tense, but ultimately productive.

noun A group of words that expresses a complete thought, typically containing a subject and predicate

• The judge handed down a harsh sentence to the defendant.
• I heard that the teacher gave out a lot of homework sentence.
• I can't believe he got such a long sentence for that crime.
• Her words were like a sentence, weighing heavy on his heart.