Definitions from Wiktionary (debate)
▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Strife, discord.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive, reciprocal) To fight.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
▸ verb: (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
▸ Also see debate
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u.s. presidential election debates,
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2020 United States presidential debates,
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▸ noun: 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.
▸ noun: An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
▸ noun: (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.
▸ noun: (obsolete) Strife, discord.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
▸ verb: (obsolete, intransitive, reciprocal) To fight.
▸ verb: (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
▸ verb: (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
▸ Also see debate
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parliamentary,
public,
political,
current,
contemporary,
recent,
presidential,
long,
congressional,
theoretical,
heated
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