- to engage in a debate
- вести дискуссию / дебаты; участвовать в прениях
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to engage in a debate
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debate — I verb agitate, altercate, argue, argue pros and cons, attempt to disprove, bandy, battle verbally, canvass, confer with, confute, consider, consult with, contend, contest, controvert, deliberate, disagree, discept, discuss, dispute, engage in… … Law dictionary
Debate — De*bate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debating}.] [OF. debatre, F. d[ e]battre; L. de + batuere to beat. See {Batter}, v. t., and cf. {Abate}.] 1. To engage in combat for; to strive for. [1913 Webster] Volunteers . . .… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Debate — De*bate , v. i. 1. To engage in strife or combat; to fight. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Well could he tourney and in lists debate. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
engage in oral controversy — index debate, discuss Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
debate — debater, n. debatingly, adv. /di bayt /, n., v., debated, debating. n. 1. a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports. 2. a formal contest in which the… … Universalium
Debate — Discussion redirects here. For a related article, see Discourse. For discussion in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Talk page. University Debating Competitions Asian Championship · Australasian Championship · Canadian Championship ·… … Wikipedia
Debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters — Debate about the simplification of Chinese characters Traditional Chinese 漢字簡化爭論 Simplified Chinese … Wikipedia
debate — de•bate [[t]dɪˈbeɪt[/t]] n. v. bat•ed, bat•ing 1) a discussion, esp. of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints 2) a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing… … From formal English to slang
debate — I. noun Date: 13th century a contention by words or arguments: as a. the formal discussion of a motion before a deliberative body according to the rules of parliamentary procedure b. a regulated discussion of a proposition between two matched… … New Collegiate Dictionary
debate — /dəˈbeɪt / (say duh bayt) noun 1. a discussion, especially of a public question in an assembly. 2. deliberation; consideration. 3. a systematic contest of speakers in which two opposing points of view of a proposition are advanced. –verb (debated …
Debate regarding child pornography laws — Main article: Laws regarding child pornography While laws criminalizing child sexual abuse now exist in all countries of the world,[1][2] more diversity of views exists on questions like exactly how young those depicted in pornography should be… … Wikipedia
