debate
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(ambitransitive, reciprocal)To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
"Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual.
Đồng nghĩa: contend, canvass
- 2.
(intransitive, obsolete, reciprocal)To fight.
- 3.
(obsolete, transitive)To engage in combat for; to strive for.
- 4.
(transitive)To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
He was debating where he'd spend his holiday.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)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.
After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)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.
- 3.
(uncountable)Discussion of opposing views.
There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)(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.
- 5.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Strife, discord.
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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) + battuō (to beat, to fence).