How do you use Discours in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Discours meaning
Obsolete form of discourse.
Using Discours
- The main meaning on this page is: Obsolete form of discourse.
- In the example corpus, discours often appears in combinations such as: discours préliminaire.
Context around Discours
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Discours
- In this selection, "discours" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, media, brieff, celebrated and cited stand out and add context to how "discours" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brieff discours cited by and d alembert discours préliminaire de. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "discours" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with discours
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
D'Alembert also discussed various aspects of the state of music in his celebrated Discours préliminaire of Diderot 's Encyclopédie. (20 words)
A few days later, the ministers of the church came to visit him, and he bade his final farewell, which was recorded in Discours d'adieu aux ministres. (28 words)
A later writer recalled that ‘none of the clergy were ready to risk life with Russell's expedition but old Father Coverdale’ (A Brieff Discours, cited by Daniell, p. 232). (30 words)
This is bad news in lots of ways — take a look at the millions of fake users deleted by Twitter in recent months and the impact on follower counts for some high-profile users for an idea of how these fakes sully social media discours. (45 words)
Nevertheless, in 1637 he published part of this work in three essays: Les Météores (The Meteors), La Dioptrique (Dioptrics) and La Géométrie (Geometry), preceded by an introduction, his famous Discours de la méthode (Discourse on the Method). (37 words)
Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Discours préliminaire de l'Encyclopédie In 1783, Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn referred to Enlightenment as a process by which man was educated in the use of reason. (32 words)
Example sentences (6)
This is bad news in lots of ways — take a look at the millions of fake users deleted by Twitter in recent months and the impact on follower counts for some high-profile users for an idea of how these fakes sully social media discours.
A few days later, the ministers of the church came to visit him, and he bade his final farewell, which was recorded in Discours d'adieu aux ministres.
A later writer recalled that ‘none of the clergy were ready to risk life with Russell's expedition but old Father Coverdale’ (A Brieff Discours, cited by Daniell, p. 232).
D'Alembert also discussed various aspects of the state of music in his celebrated Discours préliminaire of Diderot 's Encyclopédie.
Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Discours préliminaire de l'Encyclopédie In 1783, Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn referred to Enlightenment as a process by which man was educated in the use of reason.
Nevertheless, in 1637 he published part of this work in three essays: Les Météores (The Meteors), La Dioptrique (Dioptrics) and La Géométrie (Geometry), preceded by an introduction, his famous Discours de la méthode (Discourse on the Method).
Common combinations with discours
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: