Usually means: Structured ways of discussing topics.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. discourses: Merriam-Webster
  2. discourses: Collins English Dictionary
  3. discourses: Vocabulary.com
  4. Discourses, discourses: Wordnik
  5. discourses: Wiktionary
  6. discourses: Dictionary.com
  7. Discourses: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. discourses: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discourses: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discourses: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. discourses: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See discourse as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (discourse)

noun:  (uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.
noun:  (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
noun:  (countable) A conversation.
noun:  (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
noun:  (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
noun:  (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
noun:  (obsolete) Dealing; transaction.
verb:  (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
verb:  (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To debate.
verb:  To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To produce or emit (musical sounds).
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