Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word DEBATE

---

Definitions of DEBATE

1. 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.
2. An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
3. (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
4. (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.
5. (obsolete) Strife, discord.
6. (ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]
7. (obsolete, intransitive, reciprocal) To fight. [14th]
8. (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
9. (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

---

Page preparation took: 118.24 ms.