debate
Synonyms:
(noun) account, advisement, argument, consideration, contention, controversy, deliberation, disputation, reflection, study, thought.
(verb) chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, contend, deliberate, dispute, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with).
Related Words:
(noun) agitation, argumentation, answer, bicker, contention, contest, dialectic, dispute, hassle, match, polemic, question, tiff.
(verb) answer, contest, hassle, match, oppose, wrangle.
Antonyms:
short shrift.
Synonym Study 1 (Dictionary.com):
Argue, debate, and discuss imply using reasons or proofs to support or refute an assertion, proposition, or principle.
Argue implies presenting one's reasons:
The scientists argued for a safer testing procedure.
It may also imply disputing in an angry or excited way:
His parents argue all the time.
To discuss is to present varied opinions and views:
to discuss ways and means.
To debate is to interchange formal (usually opposing) arguments, especially on public questions:
to debate a proposed amendment.
Synonym Study 2 (Merriam-Webster):
Discuss, argue, debate mean to discourse about in order to reach conclusions or to convince.
Discuss implies a sifting of possibilities especially by presenting considerations pro and con:
discussed the need for a new highway.
Argue implies the offering of reasons or evidence in support of convictions already held:
argued that the project would be too costly.
Debate suggests formal or public argument between opposing parties:
debated the merits of the amendment.
It may also apply to deliberation with oneself:
I'm debating whether I should go.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English debaten < Old French debatre, equivalent to de- de- + batre to beat < Latin battere, earlier battuere; (noun) Middle English debat < Old French, derivative of debatre. British dictionary: C13: from Old French debatre to discuss, argue, from Latin battuere. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology: Verb and Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French debatre, from de- + batre to beat, from Latin battuere. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 20 August 2020 {5:18 PM}
(noun) account, advisement, argument, consideration, contention, controversy, deliberation, disputation, reflection, study, thought.
(verb) chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, contend, deliberate, dispute, entertain, eye, kick around, meditate, mull (over), perpend, ponder, pore (over), question, revolve, ruminate, study, think (about or over), turn, weigh, wrestle (with).
Related Words:
(noun) agitation, argumentation, answer, bicker, contention, contest, dialectic, dispute, hassle, match, polemic, question, tiff.
(verb) answer, contest, hassle, match, oppose, wrangle.
Antonyms:
short shrift.
Synonym Study 1 (Dictionary.com):
Argue, debate, and discuss imply using reasons or proofs to support or refute an assertion, proposition, or principle.
Argue implies presenting one's reasons:
The scientists argued for a safer testing procedure.
It may also imply disputing in an angry or excited way:
His parents argue all the time.
To discuss is to present varied opinions and views:
to discuss ways and means.
To debate is to interchange formal (usually opposing) arguments, especially on public questions:
to debate a proposed amendment.
Synonym Study 2 (Merriam-Webster):
Discuss, argue, debate mean to discourse about in order to reach conclusions or to convince.
Discuss implies a sifting of possibilities especially by presenting considerations pro and con:
discussed the need for a new highway.
Argue implies the offering of reasons or evidence in support of convictions already held:
argued that the project would be too costly.
Debate suggests formal or public argument between opposing parties:
debated the merits of the amendment.
It may also apply to deliberation with oneself:
I'm debating whether I should go.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English debaten < Old French debatre, equivalent to de- de- + batre to beat < Latin battere, earlier battuere; (noun) Middle English debat < Old French, derivative of debatre. British dictionary: C13: from Old French debatre to discuss, argue, from Latin battuere. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use: Noun: 13th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology: Verb and Noun: Middle English, from Anglo-French debatre, from de- + batre to beat, from Latin battuere. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Updated: 20 August 2020 {5:18 PM}