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The correct spelling is debate.
How to pronounce debate
/dɪˈbeɪt/
nounIPA: /dɪˈbeɪt/
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The correct spelling is debate. 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. For example: "After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion."
Usage Examples
“After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion.”
“The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old.”
“There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- 2.An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
- 3.Discussion of opposing views.
- 4.(frequently in the 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.
- 5.Strife, discord.
verb
- 1.To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
- 2.To fight.
- 3.To engage in combat for; to strive for.
- 4.To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
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