debate
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Definitions ofdebate
- 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.
Example: "After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion."
- An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
Example: "The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old."
- Discussion of opposing views.
Example: "There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles."
- (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.
Example: ""Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual."
- To fight.
- To engage in combat for; to strive for.
- To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
Example: "He was debating where he'd spend his holiday."
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