debate
/dɪˈbeɪt/ · noun
Meaning
- An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
- An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- Discussion of opposing views.
- (frequently in the French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in medieval Latin.
- Strife, discord.
- To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
- To fight.
- To engage in combat for; to strive for.
- To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
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