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de·bate

Audio Help [di-beyt] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -bat·ed, -bat·ing.

–noun

1.	a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports.

2.	a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers.

3.	deliberation; consideration.

4.	Archaic. strife; contention.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to engage in argument or discussion, as in a legislative or public assembly: When we left, the men were still debating.

6.	to participate in a formal debate.

7.	to deliberate; consider: I debated with myself whether to tell them the truth or not.

8.	Obsolete. to fight; quarrel.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to argue or discuss (a question, issue, or the like), as in a legislative or public assembly: They debated the matter of free will.

10.	to dispute or disagree about: The homeowners debated the value of a road on the island.

11.	to engage in formal argumentation or disputation with (another person, group, etc.): Jones will debate Smith. Harvard will debate Princeton.

12.	to deliberate upon; consider: He debated his decision in the matter.

13.	Archaic. to contend for or over.

[Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME debaten < OF debatre, equiv. to de- de- + batre to beat < L battere, earlier battuere; (n.) ME debat < OF, deriv. of debatre

]

—Related forms

de·bat·er, noun

de·bat·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. argument, controversy, disputation, contention. 5. dispute, contend. See argue.

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de·bate Audio Help   (dĭ-bāt') Pronunciation Key
v.   de·bat·ed, de·bat·ing, de·bates

v.   intr.

To consider something; deliberate.
To engage in argument by discussing opposing points.
To engage in a formal discussion or argument. See Synonyms at discuss.
Obsolete To fight or quarrel.

v. tr.

To deliberate on; consider.
To dispute or argue about.
To discuss or argue (a question, for example) formally.
Obsolete To fight or argue for or over.

A discussion involving opposing points; an argument.
Deliberation; consideration: passed the motion with little debate.
A formal contest of argumentation in which two opposing teams defend and attack a given proposition.
Obsolete Conflict; strife.

[Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre : de-, de- + battre, to beat; see batter¹.]

de·bate'ment n., de·bat'er n.

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