debate

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

de·bate (dĭ-bātʹ)v. de·bat·ed, de·bat·ing, de·batesv. intr.
1. To consider something; deliberate.
2. To engage in argument by discussing opposing points.
3. To engage in a formal discussion or argument. See Synonyms at discuss.
4. Obsolete. To fight or quarrel.v. tr.
1. To deliberate on; consider.
2. To dispute or argue about.
3. To discuss or argue (a question, for example) formally.
4. Obsolete. To fight or argue for or over.n.
1. A discussion involving opposing points; an argument.
2. Deliberation; consideration:
passed the motion with little debate.
3. A formal contest of argumentation in which two opposing teams defend and attack a given proposition.
4. Obsolete. Conflict; strife. [Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre: de-, de- + battre, to beat; see batter¹.] de·bateʹment n.de·batʹer n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  disputation, public debate, argument, argumentation, argue, contend, fence, deliberate, consider, moot, turn over