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Etymology

From Old French debatre (“‘to fight, contend, debate, also literarlly to beat down’”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“‘apart, in different directions’”) + battuere (“‘to beat, to fence’”).

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular debate

Plural countable and uncountable; plural debates

debate (countable and uncountable; plural debates)

  1. 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. 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. (Frequently in 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.

Verb

Infinitive to debate

Third person singular debates

Simple past debated

Past participle debated

Present participle debating

to debate (third-person singular simple present debates, present participle debating, simple past and past participle debated)

  1. To participate in a debate.

Derived terms

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Translations

participate in a debate
  • Albanian: debatoj; diskutoj
  • Armenian: բանավիճել hy(hy) (banavič̣el)
  • Bulgarian: дебатирам bg(bg), дискутирам bg(bg)
  • Dutch: debatteren, uitpraten, bespreken
  • Finnish: väitellä fi(fi)
  • French: débattre fr(fr)
  • German: debattieren de(de)
  • Greek: αντιπαραθέτω el(el), συζητώ el(el), συνεξετάζω el(el)
  • Ido: debatar
  • Italian: dibattere it(it)
  • Russian: дискутировать (diskutírovat’), спорить (sporít’), обсуждать (obsuždát’)
  • Swahili: mdahalo sw(sw)
  • Swedish: debattera
  • Turkish: müzakere tr(tr), tartışmak tr(tr)

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Albanian

Noun

debate mpl

  1. Plural form of debat; debates.

Spanish

Noun

debate m. (plural debates)

Singular debate m.

Plural debates m.
  1. debate, discussion

Related terms

Verb

debate (infinitive debatir)

  1. informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of debatir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of debatir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of debatir.

 

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