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debate

Definition for debate

noun as in discussion of issues; consideration

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Example Sentences

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This striking image offers a powerful, intimate view of life at the border, capturing the complex realities of migration often lost in the polarised debate in the United States.

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The leaders of Canada's four major federal parties have been grilled about their response to US President Donald Trump and clashed over energy and housing in their first televised debate of the country's election campaign.

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Instead, it will be the start of another robust scientific debate about whether the biosignature could be produced by non-living means.

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Again, Wednesday's ruling's straightforward statement that a woman is a biological woman provides a much clearer framework for those debates, and could see rules changed in various sports as a result.

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Often sounding completely exasperated by the question, the Labour leader said in one interview that "almost nobody is talking about trans issues", querying why it had become a focus of fierce debate.

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When To Use

What are other ways to say debate?

To debate is to interchange formal (usually opposing) arguments, especially on public questions: to debate a proposed amendment. To argue is to present one’s reasons: The scientists argued for a safer testing procedure; it may also imply disputing in an angry or excited way: His parents argue all the time. To discuss is to present varied opinions and views: to discuss ways and means. 

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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