Debate

"Debate" in Russian

деба́ты

debáty

(argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

диску́ссия

diskússija

(argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

диску́ссия

diskússija

(informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)

диску́ссия

diskússija

(discussion of opposing views)

обсужде́ние

obsuždénije

(argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

обсужде́ние

obsuždénije

(informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views)

пре́ния

prénija

(argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

спор

spor

(argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting)

дискути́ровать

diskutírovatʹ

(participate in a debate)

обсужда́ть

obsuždátʹ

(participate in a debate)

спори́ть

sporítʹ

(participate in a debate)

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