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de⋅bate
/dɪˈbeɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [di-beyt] Show IPA noun, verb, -bat⋅ed, -bat⋅ing.
–noun
- a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports.
- a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers.
- deliberation; consideration.
- Archaic. strife; contention.