debate
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Is debate a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of debate?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.Examples: ""Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual."; "a wise council […] that did debate this business"; "Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself."Synonyms: contendambitransitivereciprocal
2. (obsolete, intransitive, reciprocal) To fight.Examples: "Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate."; "[…] wasteful Time debateth with Decay, To change your day of youth to sullied night"intransitiveobsoletereciprocal
3. (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.Examples: "Volunteers […] thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardour in Spain as on the plains of Palestine."obsoletetransitive
4. (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decideExamples: "He was debating where he'd spend his holiday."transitive
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.Examples: "There has been considerable debate concerning exactly how to format these articles."; "Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:[…]. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom."uncountable
2. (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.countableuncountable
3. (obsolete) Strife, discord.countableobsoleteuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary