serious discussion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousanddiscussion
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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discussion
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/us/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
the activity in which people talk about something and tell each other their ideas ...
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(Definition ofseriousanddiscussionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, aseriousdiscussionof this would need a separate study.
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This proposal is so fraught with speculation that it hardly meritsseriousdiscussion.
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And the tone of the entire piece is too frivolous to raiseseriousdiscussion, beyond acerbic social banter.
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This is aseriousdiscussion.
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What they want is aseriousdiscussion.
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It was a sober andseriousdiscussion.
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The idea of a "completely-different-from-expected-objectivity" is not a concept worthy of being put forward in anyseriousdiscussion.
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Surely 'seriousdiscussion' of these characters demands something more than simplistic reasoning and the hard-headed refusal to engage other scholars.
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Is this solution underseriousdiscussionwith these countries?
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What concerns us is the need to haveseriousdiscussion.
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Noseriousdiscussionabout the matter has taken place.
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Many of them get down to veryseriousdiscussion.
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So abolition is not worth a moment'sseriousdiscussion.
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Seriousdiscussionof that sort has not taken place.
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There are plenty of areas forseriousdiscussion.
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Ultimately, what emerges isseriousdiscussionand serious deliberation.
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All that we are asking for isseriousdiscussion.
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However, the second argument is worthy ofseriousdiscussion.
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I hope that we are having aseriousdiscussion.
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The moreseriousdiscussionthere is about it, the better.
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We had aseriousdiscussionabout this matter.
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In the absence of anyseriousdiscussionof the accuracy of these numbers, this reviewer is inclined to take them with a considerable pinch of salt.
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I was particularly pleased to see aseriousdiscussionof the possibility of semibreve equivalence between signs, for there are musical sources where this provides the simplest explanation.
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We must show that we are prepared to give themseriousdiscussion.
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