Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A participant in a formal discussion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a participant in a discussion, especially a member of a panel.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
participant in aformal discussion , as in asymposium oracademic conference , especially one who has been assigned a particularrole ortopic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a participant in a formal discussion
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Examples
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Both Jason and the other discussant, Sebastian Mallaby, complained that putting the onus on the consumer to face the cost of health care would not work well because consumers are irrational and make bad decisions.
The Panel on Crisis of Abundance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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If you want to have a faculty of national stature, doing the sort of things that build a national reputation (and thus the value of the degree), visibility -- ideally presenting papers or being a discussant -- at conferences is an important part of the strategic package for a law school.
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So, I have continued to work and make progress in the two weeks since I sent the paper to the discussant.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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The Founding Fathers made their reputations in being discussant about varying ideas.
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The prospect of having to get a job or go to community college "may encourage him to hedge his bets and apply to a safety school," the discussant said.
If your child resists college search Jay Mathews 2010
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So, I shouted, from the back of the room, "Thanks for coming, discussant!"
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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The Founding Fathers made their reputations in being discussant about varying ideas.
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“My goal here,” one discussant began, frankly befuddled, “is to critique the data just presented, to maintain some credibility in the field, and to continue to remain friends with both the presenters and the discussants.”
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The Founding Fathers made their reputations in being discussant about varying ideas.
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“My goal here,” one discussant began, frankly befuddled, “is to critique the data just presented, to maintain some credibility in the field, and to continue to remain friends with both the presenters and the discussants.”
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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