DEBATE
\dɪbˈe͡ɪt], \dɪbˈeɪt], \d_ɪ_b_ˈeɪ_t]\
Definitions of DEBATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)
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argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"
By Princeton University
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the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)
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argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
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To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
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A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
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Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.
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Subject of discussion.
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To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; - often followed by on or upon.
By Oddity Software
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To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
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To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
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A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
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Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.
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Subject of discussion.
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To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; - often followed by on or upon.
By Noah Webster.
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Discuss by presenting arguments for and against; dispute; meditate upon.
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To argue or discuss a point; reflect.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A contention in words or argument.
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To contend for in argument.
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To deliberate: to join in debate.
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DEBATER.
By Daniel Lyons
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DEBATER.
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Debatable.
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To discuss; argue; consider; reflect.
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The discussing of any question; argumentation; dispute.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Contention or discussion in words or argument; contention; contest.
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To contend for or discuss in words or arguments; to contend for.
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To deliberate; to dispute. Debating society, a society for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Contention in words; discussion between two or more persons avowedly for the discovery of truth.
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To contend for in words or arguments; to dispute; to deliberate.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Contention in words or arguments; dispute; controversy;—discussion for elucidating truth; argument or reasoning between individuals of different opinions;—pl. The published reports of Parliamentary proceedings and discussion.
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