Sekirov Dictionary

debate

/dɪˈbeɪt/

noun 5
verb 4
forms 5

noun5

•
a meeting with rules where people argue for and against an idea before the group decides, often by voting
- After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion.
•
An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old.
- There was a bit of a debate over who should pay for the damaged fence.
•
Discussion of opposing views.
- There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.
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.
(no longer used) Strife, discord.

verb4

•
To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
- "Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual.
•
To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
- He was debating where he'd spend his holiday.
•
(no longer used) To fight.
- Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate. — 1590
•
(no longer used) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
- Volunteers […] thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardour in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. — 1838

forms

debated · debating · debates · debateth · debatest

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