meaning of debate
1. To engage in combat for; to strive for.
2. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
3. To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
4. 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.
5. A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
6. 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.
7. Subject of discussion.
8. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and
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Related Words
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