debate

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As an example, this past year my debate topic was mental health.

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Quick take

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of debate gathered in one view.

noun

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

noun

the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

verb

argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for debate.

noun

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

noun

the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

verb

argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"

verb

think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

verb

discuss the pros and cons of an issue

verb

have an argument about something

Example sentences

As an example, this past year my debate topic was mental health.

Anyone else think this is by far the most boring technical debate ever to hit HN?

He marks one side of the Overton Window framing the debate on freedom and software.

Ah, this isn't actually a student writing an essay, this is a high school policy debater.

I think there are similarities between the nuclear power debate and the GMO debate.

Him gaining so much following by spewing nonsense like this article is for sure fascinating but there is no place for him in any serious debate.

[1] 'call the vote' - in parlimentary terms when continuing debate will not help you make a better decision, it is time to stop debate and to vote on the decsion.

[Edit #2]: Some form of insurance might be a worthwhile addition to their offering, but that's something they can debate and decide on after they put out this fire.

We could debate whether this would "work" on a practical level as if this was a Powerpoint presentation for Steve Ballmer and we're supposed to predict how he'd react.

And so it's just common sense that any such broad-based operations that might be perceived as impacting our constitutional rights should be the subject of broad public debate.

The most outrageous argument from a PhD might be preferred in debate over a rational argument from an intelligent person, like Charlie Stross.

In policy debate, unrefuted arguments are considered true.

Very little of the debate is about the actual NSA monitoring program itself, most of of the time they talk about why this leak happened and why Edward Snowden is a "strange" guy.

One of the rather interesting side issues in this whole debate has been how casually the rights of foreigners are tossed aside as secondary to those of american citizens.

After watching the community react to this debate, I'm pretty confident that the average bitcoin supporter is not intentionally defrauding people.

"This is because debaters often don't respond to the other's policy proposition, but rather kritik their position by indicting the philosophical ideas behind it.

“Despite the seemingly obvious answer—tomb art discovered in the 19th century depicts laborers pouring water in front of a block-hauling team—debate over how the pyramids were built is almost as ancient as the pyramids themselves.”In other words, people don't read comments.