Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of debate is as below...

Lyceum :: Lyceum (n.) An association for debate and literary improvement.

Participate :: Participate (v. i.) To have a share in common with others; to take a part; to partake; -- followed by in, formely by of; as, to participate in a debate..

Debatement :: Debatement (n.) Controversy; deliberation; debate.

Reason :: Reason (v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss; as, I reasoned the matter with my friend..

Agitation :: Agitation (n.) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate..

Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated..

Controvert :: Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

Cause :: Cause (v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

Anacoenosis :: Anacoenosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.

Adjourn :: Adjourn (v. t.) To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of convened body; as, to adjourn the meeting; to adjourn a debate..

Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.

Controversy :: Controversy (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..

Spicy :: Spicy (superl.) Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate..

Canvass :: Canvass (n.) Examination in the way of discussion or debate.

Issue :: Issue (n.) A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.

Arena :: Arena (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life..

Discussion :: Discussion (n.) The act of discussing or exchanging reasons; examination by argument; debate; disputation; agitation.

Debatable :: Debatable (a.) Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question..

Squabble :: Squabble (v. i.) To debate peevishly; to dispute.

Random Fonts

Most Popular