Word Meaning

debate definition and meaning

v. t. To engage in combat for; to strive for.
v. t. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
v. i. To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
v. i. 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.
v. t. A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
v. t. 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.
v. t. Subject of discussion.

Crossword clues for debate

- Argue
- Argument
- Beat Ed badly at formal discussion
- Discuss or argue about
- Engage in discussion
- Formal argument
- Formal discussion
- Invader
- Parliamentary argument