debate

Definition for debate

noun as in discussion of issues; consideration

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argument, contest, controversy, deliberation, dispute, match

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agitation, altercation, argumentation, cogitation, contention, controverting, dialectic, disputation, hassle, meditation, mooting, polemic, rebutting, reflection, refuting, tiff, words, wrangle

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blah-blah, forensic

verb as in argue, discuss

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answer, bicker, consider, contest, deliberate, oppose, question, wrangle

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agitate, altercate, bandy, canvass, cogitate, confab, confute, contend, controvert, demonstrate, differ, disprove, dispute, hassle, moot, pettifog, prove, reason, rebut, refute, rehash

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bump heads, chew the fat, cross swords, discept, hammer away at, hash over, have at it, kick around, knock around, lock horns, pick a bone, put up argument, set to, talk back, talk game, thrash out, toss around

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Only a handful of people are huddled near the holographic pucks, discussing animatedly among themselves like my teachers debating about who the worst football team is.

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Now they debated what kind of cake would be served for breakfast.

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“Whether it is a nuthatch or a warbler is perhaps a matter for debate,” Penelope said briskly as she shut the wide-open nursery windows and fastened the latch for good measure.

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