Debating

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of taking part in a debate. countable, uncountable

    "1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation If the war-minister, or all the ministers together, had had no debatings and dividings to look to; if they had had nobody but their master to obey; no families or particular individuals to conciliate or gratify; they would have acted upon the evidence"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of debate form-of, gerund, participle, present

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airinganalysiscolloquiumconferenceconsiderationdebate

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"He is second to none when it comes to debating."

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