Debate

//dɪˈbeɪt//

Synonyms for "debate" (270 found)

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Closest matches (54)

Strong matches (81)

Verb(2 words)
deliberatefence

Related words (135)

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Verb(2 words)
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Related terms

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at location

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causes desire

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has context

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similar

2 entries

Translations

259 translations across 73 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • debat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debat noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • debat noun (discussion of opposing views)

Albanian

3 entries
  • debat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debatoj verb (participate in a debate)
  • diskutoj verb (participate in a debate)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • συζήτησις noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • συζήτησις noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • βουλεύομαι verb (participate in a debate)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مُنَاظَرَة noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • مُنَاظَرَة noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • مُنَاقَشَة noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • פולמוס noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Armenian

4 entries
  • բանավեճ noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • վեճ noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • քննարկում noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • բանավիճել verb (participate in a debate)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • mübahisə noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • müzakirə noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • абмеркава́нне noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • абмеркава́нне noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • дыску́сія noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • дыску́сія noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)

Bengali

4 entries
  • তর্ক noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • তর্ক noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • তর্ক noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • বাহাস noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • деба́ти noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • диску́сия noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • диску́сия noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • обсъ́ждане noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Catalan

2 entries
  • debat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debatre verb (participate in a debate)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 討論 /讨论 noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • 辯論 /辩论 noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 討論 /讨论 noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • 辯論 /辩论 noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • 辯論 /辩论 noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • 辯論 /辩论 noun (discussion of opposing views)

Czech

4 entries
  • debata noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debata noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • debata noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • debatovat verb (participate in a debate)

Danish

1 entries
  • debat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bespreking noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • debat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • discussie noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • discussie noun (discussion of opposing views)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • debato noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Estonian

3 entries
  • debatt noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • vaidlus noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • väitlus noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Faroese

2 entries
  • kjak noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • orðaskifti noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Finnish

4 entries
  • debatti noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debatti noun (type of literary composition)
  • väittely noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • väittely noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)

French

4 entries
  • discussion noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • débat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • débat noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • débattre verb (participate in a debate)

Galician

1 entries
  • debate noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დებატები noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • დებატი noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • კამათი noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • პაექრობა noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

German

4 entries
  • Debatte noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • Diskussion noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • Streitgespräch noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • debattieren verb (participate in a debate)

Greek

4 entries
  • συζήτηση noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • συζήτηση noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • αντιπαραθέτω verb (participate in a debate)
  • συζητώ verb (participate in a debate)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • דִּיּוּן noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Hindi

4 entries
  • बहस noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • बिबाद noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • वाद-विवाद noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • वाद-विवाद noun (discussion of opposing views)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • vita noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • vita noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • vita noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • megvitat verb (participate in a debate)

Ido

1 entries
  • debatar verb (participate in a debate)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • debat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • بَحْث noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • بَحْث noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • بَحْث noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • مُباحِثِه noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Italian

4 entries
  • dibattito noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • dibattito noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • discussione noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • decidere verb (To consider to oneself)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ディベート noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • 討論 noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • 議論 noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • дебат noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • жарыссөз noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • пікірсайыс noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • пікірталас noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ធ្វើវិប្រតិការ verb (participate in a debate)
  • សង្គ្រះ verb (participate in a debate)

Korean

3 entries
  • 의논 noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • 토론 noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • 토론하다 verb (participate in a debate)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • дебат noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • кайымайтыш noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • таймаш noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Latin

3 entries
  • altercatio noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • disputātiō noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • disputō verb (participate in a debate)

Latvian

4 entries
  • debates noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debates noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • diskusija noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • pārrunas noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • debatai noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • дебата noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Malay

3 entries
  • bahas noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • perbahasan noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Marathi

1 entries
  • विवाद noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • мэтгэлцээн noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • ᠮᠡᠳᠬᠡᠯᠴᠡᠭᠡᠨ noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Māori

4 entries
  • taupatupatu noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • taupatupatu noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • taupatupatu verb (participate in a debate)
  • whakaangaanga verb (To consider to oneself)

Norman

2 entries
  • d'bat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • d'bat noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • debatt noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Occitan

1 entries
  • debat noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بحث noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Persian

1 entries
  • بحث کردن verb (participate in a debate)

Polish

1 entries
  • debata noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • debate noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debate noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • debate noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • discussão noun (discussion of opposing views)

Romanian

4 entries
  • controversă noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • dezbatere noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • dezbatere noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • discuție noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Russian

4 entries
  • деба́ты noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • диску́ссия noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • диску́ссия noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • диску́ссия noun (discussion of opposing views)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • connsachadh noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • connsachadh noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • connsachadh noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • connsaich verb (participate in a debate)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • debàta noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • деба̀та noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Slovak

1 entries
  • debata noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Slovene

1 entries
  • debata noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Spanish

4 entries
  • debate noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debate noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • debate noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • debatir verb (participate in a debate)

Swahili

4 entries
  • mdahalo noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • mdahalo noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • mdahalo noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • mdahalo noun (type of literary composition)

Swedish

4 entries
  • debatt noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • debatt noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • diskussion noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • meningsutbyte noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)

Tajik

3 entries
  • баҳс noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • мубоҳиса noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • мунозира noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Tatar

1 entries
  • бәхәс noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Telugu

4 entries
  • చర్చలు noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • చర్చించుకొను noun (discussion of opposing views)
  • వాదించు noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • వాదించుకొను noun (discussion of opposing views)

Thai

3 entries
  • การโต้วาที noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • การโต้วาที noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • โต้วาที verb (participate in a debate)

Turkish

4 entries
  • münazara noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • müzakere noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • tartışma noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • tartışma noun (discussion of opposing views)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • jedel noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • çekisme noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • деба́ти noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • диску́сія noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • диску́сія noun (informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)
  • диску́сія noun (discussion of opposing views)

Urdu

3 entries
  • بَحْث noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • مُباحَثَہ noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • مُناظَرَہ noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Uyghur

3 entries
  • مۇزاكىرە noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • مۇنازىرە noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • مۇھاكىمە noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • bahs noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • muhokama noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • munozara noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • muzokara noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bình luận noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • thảo luận noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • tranh luận noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • tranh luận verb (participate in a debate)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dadl noun (argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)
  • dadlau verb (participate in a debate)

Sample sentences

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The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.

Source: tatoeba (1936)

Your decision is open to some debate.

Source: tatoeba (17249)

Teachers stimulate the students' interest, have them think, ask questions, and debate among themselves.

Source: tatoeba (19059)

I beat him completely in the debate.

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