debate
/dɪˈbeɪt/ verb B1- To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. · "Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual.
- To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide · He was debating where he'd spend his holiday.
He/she/it debates · Past debated · Past participle debated · -ing form debating
Verb forms
- Base form
- debate
- He/she/it
- debates
- Past
- debated
- Past participle
- debated
- -ing form
- debating
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de Morcerf, and that of the whole House, he proposed to defend, by provoking a debate on personal questions, which are always such painful themes of discussion.
Presently they came up to a group of old men in earnest debate.
“I’m sure the Debating Club is a most respectable affair,” pleaded Anne.
The Avonlea Debating Club, which met fortnightly all winter, had had several smaller free entertainments; but this was to be a big affair, admission ten cents, in aid of the library.
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