Dictionary Entry
debate
debate is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To engage in combat for; to strive for. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To engage in combat for; to strive for.
- 2transitive verb
To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
- 3intransitive verb
To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
- 4intransitive verb
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.
- 5transitive verb
A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
- 6transitive verb
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.
- 7transitive verb
Subject of discussion.
- 8noun
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
"the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
Synonyms
- 9noun
the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
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- 10verb
argue with one another
"We debated the question of abortion"
"John debated Mary"
- 11verb
have an argument about something
- 12verb
discuss the pros and cons of an issue
Synonyms
- 13verb
think about carefully; weigh
"They considered the possibility of a strike"
"Turn the proposal over in your mind"
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