Debate

Noun

 * 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)  Discussion of opposing views.
 * 4) (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.
 * 5)  Strife, discord.

Verb

 * 1) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
 * 2)  To fight.

Adjectives for Debate
stormy; profound; mental; inward; parliamentary; foul; keen; acrimonious; notable; instructive; picayune; animated; interrupted; open; free; public; obstructive; lively; endless; prolix; fierce; impassioned; mock; lifelong;  extemporaneous;  considerable; political; epistolary; vigorous; newspaper; turbulent; organized; heated; disorderly; spirited; exciting; familiar; long-winded; noisy; hot; brotherly; amusing; teleological; loud; dialetical.

Verbs for Debate
admit to—; assemble for—; climax—; contend during—; deliberate on—; draw into—; engage in—; enter into—; indulge in—; involve in—; judge—; practise—; prepare—; resolve into—; settle—; subject to—; welcome—; wrangle during—; —concludes; —discusses; —revolves about.

Adverbs for Debate
abundantly; extensively; futilely; inwardly; profoundly; mentally; instructively; animatedly; openly; publicly; endlessly; fiercely; impassionedly; extemporaneously; considerably; politically; vigorously; turbulent-ly; heatedly; spiritedly; noisily; hotly; amusingly; loudly; dialectically; acrimoniously ; shrewdly.

Thesaurus
argue, argument, argumentation, back down, balance, be abstracted, bickering, brood, buzz session, canvass, canvassing, cat-and-dog life, chalk talk, chew the cud, cloture, cogitation, colloquium, combat, comment upon, committee consideration, concentration, conference, conflict, consider, consideration, contemplate, contemplation, contend, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy, controvert, cut and thrust, deal with, debating, declaim, declamation, deliberate, deliberate upon, deliberation, demagogue, demur, dialectic, dialogue, diatribe, digest, discept, discourse about, discuss, discussion, disputation, dispute, division, elocute, enmity, eulogy, examination, examine, exchange of views, exchange views, exhortation, falter, fear, fighting, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, forum, funeral oration, go into, handle, hang back, harangue, heed, hem and haw, hesitate, hold forth, hortatory address, hostility, hover, hum and haw, inaugural, inaugural address, introduction, introspect, invective, investigate, investigation, jeremiad, jib, joint discussion, knock around, litigation, logical analysis, logical discussion, logomachy, logrolling, meditate, meditation, moot, mouth, mull over, muse, open discussion, open forum, orate, oration, out-herod Herod, panel discussion, paper war, pass under review, pause, pep talk, perorate, peroration, perpend, philippic, pitch, play around with, play with, polemic, ponder, ponder over, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, pull back, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, question, rabble-rouse, rant, rap, rap session, read, reading, reason, reason about, reason the point, recital, recitation, recite, reflect, reflection, refuting, retreat, review, rodomontade, roll call, ruminate, ruminate over, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, scrapping, screed, scruple, second reading, seminar, set speech, shilly-shally, shy, sift, speculate, speech, speechification, speeching, spiel, spout, squabbling, steamroller methods, stick at, stickle, stop to consider, straddle the fence, strain at, strife, struggle, study, symposium, tabling, take up, talk, talk about, talk of, talk over, talkathon, think over, think through, think twice about, third reading, thrash out, thresh out, tirade, toss, town meeting, toy with, treat, treatment, tub-thump, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, ventilate, ventilation, vote, war, war of words, warfare, weigh, withdraw, words, wrangle, wrangling, yield, address, after-dinner speech, agitate, air, airing, allocution, altercation, analysis, analyze, application,

Etymology
From debatre:, from Romanic desbattere:, from  dis-: + battuere:.

Derived terms

 * debater

Related terms

 * debatable
 * debation

Noun

 * Arabic: مناظرة
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: дебати
 * Dutch:
 * French: débat
 * German:
 * Greek: αντιπαράθεση, διάλογος,  συζήτηση


 * Kazakh: пікірталас
 * Romanian: discuție, dezbatere
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: debate
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: చర్చలు


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: разискване, дискусия
 * Dutch:
 * French: débat


 * Latin: disputatio
 * Romanian: dezbatere, discuție
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: debate
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: విమర్శించు, వాదించు


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: дискусия
 * Dutch: meningsverschil,
 * French: discussion


 * Romanian: discuție, polemică, controversă
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: debate
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: చర్చించుకొను, వాదించుకొను


 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: వ్యాసరచన పోటీ, వ్యాసం రచన పోటీ

Verb

 * Albanian: debatoj; diskutoj
 * Armenian: բանավիճել
 * Bulgarian: дебатирам, дискутирам
 * Dutch: debatteren, uitpraten, bespreken
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ido: debatar


 * Italian:
 * Latin: disputo
 * Russian: дискутировать (diskutírovat’), спорить (sporít’), обсуждать (obsuždát’)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: debatir
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: debattera
 * Telugu: చర్చలలో పాల్గొను, ప్రత్యేక చర్చ
 * Turkish: ,

Anagrams

 * beated, betaed

Noun
debate mpl


 * 1) ; debates.

Noun

 * 1) debate, discussion

Related terms

 * debatir