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Definitions for Debate

[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.
[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.
[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.
[14] a formal discussion, as in a legislative body, in which opposing arguments are put forward
[15] discussion or dispute
[16] the formal presentation and opposition of a specific motion, followed by a vote
[17] to discuss (a motion), esp in a formal assembly
[18] to deliberate upon (something) he debated with himself whether to go

Words related to Debate

deliberation, contest, argument, controversy, match, dispute, consider, bicker, deliberate, question, wrangle, oppose, answer, argumentation, dialectic, contention, agitation, polemic, tiff, hassle

Words nearby Debate

debanding, debar, debark, debase, debatable, debate, debauch, debauched, debauchee, debaucherous, debauchery

Origin of Debate

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English debaten < Old French debatre, equivalent to de- de- + batre to beat < Latin battere, earlier battuere; (noun) Middle English debat < Old French, derivative of debatre

Other words from Debate

de·bat·er , noun
de·bat·ing·ly , adverb
in·ter·de·bate , verb, in·ter·de·bat·ed, in·ter·de·bat·ing.
non·de·bat·er , noun
non·de·bat·ing , adjective
out·de·bate , verb (used with object), out·de·bat·ed, out·de·bat·ing.
o·ver·de·bate , verb, o·ver·de·bat·ed, o·ver·de·bat·ing.
post·de·bate , adjective
pre·de·bate , noun
pre·de·bat·er , noun
re·de·bate , noun, verb, re·de·bat·ed, re·de·bat·ing.
un·de·bat·ed , adjective
un·de·bat·ing , adjective
well-de·bat·ed , adjective

Word origin for Debate

C13: from Old French debatre to discuss, argue, from Latin battuere

Synonyms for Debate

argument, contest, controversy, deliberation, dispute, match, agitation, altercation, argumentation, cogitation, contention, controverting, dialectic, disputation, hassle, meditation, mooting, polemic, rebutting, reflection, refuting, tiff, words, wrangle, blah-blah, forensic