meaning of debate

1. To engage in combat for; to strive for.
2.
To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
3.
To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
4.
To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon.
5.
A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
6.
Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.
7.
Subject of discussion.
8.
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and ">on"


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