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  1. Debate - Wikipedia

    Debate is a process that involves formal discourse, discussion, and oral addresses on a particular collection of topics, often with a moderator and an audience. In a debate, arguments are put forward …

  2. DÉBAT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DÉBAT is a type of literary composition popular especially in medieval times in which two or more usually allegorical characters discuss or debate some subject.

  3. DEBATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    In the early days of bioethics, there were three methodological debates.

  4. What does Debate mean? - Definitions.net

    To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. Etymology: From debatre, from Romanic desbattere, from dis- + battuere. Etymology: debat, French. 1. A personal dispute; a …

  5. DEBATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views. An intense debate is going on within the Israeli government. A debate is a formal discussion, for example in a parliament …

  6. Debate | Argumentation, Persuasion, Logic | Britannica

    debate, formal, oral confrontation between two individuals, teams, or groups who present arguments to support opposing sides of a question, generally according to a set form or procedure.

  7. Debate - definition of debate by The Free Dictionary

    To engage in argument by discussing opposing points. 3. To engage in a formal discussion or argument. See Synonyms at discuss. 4. Obsolete To fight or quarrel. 1. To deliberate on; consider. 2. To …

  8. debat - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Oct 31, 2025 · Noun debat n (plural debatten, diminutive debatje n) debate; argument or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting

  9. Débat - Oxford Reference

    A poem in the form of a debate between two characters, who are usually personifications of opposed principles or qualities: body and soul, water and wine, winter and summer, etc. The débat was much …

  10. debate - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    1. argument, controversy, disputation, contention. 5. dispute, contend. See argue. In Lists: Things that are won, Things people lose, Elections and voting, more... Synonyms: discussion, argument, back …