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.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To engage in combat for; to strive for.
- transitive 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.
- intransitive verb. To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
- intransitive 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.
- transitive verb. A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. Subject of discussion.
- noun. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
"the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
- noun. the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
- verb. argue with one another
"We debated the question of abortion"
"John debated Mary"
- verb. have an argument about something
- verb. discuss the pros and cons of an issue
- verb. think about carefully; weigh
"They considered the possibility of a strike"
"Turn the proposal over in your mind"
Synonyms
argument, argumentation, disputation, argue, contend, fence, deliberate, consider, moot
Common word forms
debated, debater, debates, debating, debateful, debateable, debatement
Words from these letters
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