Definizione monolingua

debate

debate (third-person singular simple present debates, present participle debating, simple past and past participle debated)

1. (obsolete) To fight. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate.

2. To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]

debate (countable and uncountable; plural debates)

1. (obsolete) Strife, discord.
2. 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.

   After a four-hour debate, the committee voted to table the motion.

3. An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.

   The debate over the age of the universe is thousands of years old.

   There was a bit of a debate over who should pay for the damaged fence.

4. (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.

   There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles.

5. (Frequently in 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.

Definizione dizionario debate

	dibattito
	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.

	dibattere
	participate in a debate

	disputa
	The act of disputing.

dibattimento

discussione

discutere

disputare

pensare

polemizzare

Altri significati:

To participate in a formal debate.

(uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.

type of literary composition

argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting

An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.

(obsolete) To fight. [14th-17th c.]

(obsolete) Strife, discord.

informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views

(Frequently in 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.

discussion of opposing views

To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]