debate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to beat down”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuere (“to beat, to fence”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
debate (countable and uncountable; plural debates)
- (obsolete) Strife, discord.
- 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.
- After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion.
- An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old.
- There was a bit of a debate over who should pay for the damaged fence.
- (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
- There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.
- (Frequently in 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.
Translations [edit]
argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting
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informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views
discussion of opposing views
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type of literary composition
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Verb [edit]
debate (third-person singular simple present debates, present participle debating, simple past and past participle debated)
- (obsolete) To fight. [14th-17th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
- Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:
- To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]
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Translations [edit]
participate in a debate
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External links [edit]
- debate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- debate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
Albanian [edit]
Noun [edit]
debate m pl
- Plural form of debat
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
debate
Spanish [edit]
Noun [edit]
debate m (plural debates)
Related terms [edit]
Verb [edit]
debate (infinitive debatir)
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