debate

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb
V_es/s
debates
V_ing/Gerund
debating
V_ed/pp
debated
  1. 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. 2.

    (intransitive, obsolete, reciprocal)To fight.

  3. 3.

    (obsolete, transitive)To engage in combat for; to strive for.

  4. 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
Plural noun:
debates
  1. 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. 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. 3.

    (uncountable)Discussion of opposing views.

    There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.

  4. 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. 5.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Strife, discord.

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Đồng nghĩa

contendcanvass

Cùng gốc / liên quan

debaterdebatabilitydebatableoutdebateredebatedebatinglyundebatingmass debate

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Nguồn gốc từ

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).

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