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debate

From Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literally to beat down”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuere (“to beat, to fence”). (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈbeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈbeɪt/, /di-/, /də-/ Rhymes: -eɪt debate (countable and uncountable, plural debates) 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. An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views. (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views. (frequently in the 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. (obsolete) Strife, discord. debate (third-person singular simple present debates, present participle debating, simple past and past participle debated) (transitive, intransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.] (obsolete, intransitive, reciprocal) To fight. [14th–17th c.] (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for. (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide debater mass debate “debate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “debate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC. beated, bed tea, bed-tea, betaed debate m pl indefinite plural of debat Deverbal from debater or borrowed from French débat. debate m (plural debates) debate For quotations using this term, see Citations:debate. debate inflection of debater: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative For quotations using this term, see Citations:debate. IPA(key): /deˈbate/ [d̪eˈβ̞a.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: de‧ba‧te Deverbal from debatir. debate m (plural debates) debate discussion Synonym: discusión See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. debate inflection of debatir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative “debate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014 Borrowed from Spanish debate. (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /deˈbate/ [dɛˈbaː.tɛ] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: de‧ba‧te debate (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜊᜆᜒ) debate; heated discussion Synonyms: pagtatalo, pagkakatwiranan, pangangatwiranan