Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "debate" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

university

Causes Desire

express information

Derived Terms

Debategate antidebate balloon debate debatability debatable debate bro debateful debatelord debater debatey debatingly make-debate mass debate metadebate nondebate outdebate postdebate predebate pseudodebate redebate self-debate undebating

Context

frequently in french form débat

Prerequisites

come up with subject

Has Property

good useful in developing consensus

Subevents

state case

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

consider converse deliberate discourse discuss discussion give-and-take hash out moot oral presentation public speaking speaking speechmaking talk over turn over word

Type Of (IsA)

public speaking

Manner Of

consider hash out

Related Terms

abate batter battery battle combat debatable debation

Related Terms

argue argument arguments campaigns challenge consider controlled controlled argument debatable debation decide discord discourse discuss discussion dispute election fight high high schools participate political political campaigns politics presidential presidential argument presidential arguments rules schools strife structure structure rules think vernacular vote

Similar Terms

consider study

Synonym Network

argue argument consider

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