A2verb · transitive · common

debate

debate · debates · debated · debating

сперечатися

обсуждать, спорить, дискутировать

debattieren

To participate in a debateTo participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.

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/dɪˈbeɪt/

» They will debate the question tomorrow.

Sie werden die Frage morgen diskutieren. — jast

Они обсудят этот вопрос завтра. — Lenin_1917

Вони обговорять ци питання завтра. — deniko

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Meaning

4 senses

(ambitransitive, reciprocal)To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
"Debate me, coward!" snarled the completely normal intellectual.
debattieren
дискути́роватьdiskutírovatʹ, спори́тьsporítʹ, обсужда́тьobsuždátʹ
спереча́тисяsperečátysja
(transitive)To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
He was debating where he'd spend his holiday.
(intransitive, obsolete, reciprocal)To fight.
(obsolete, transitive)To engage in combat for; to strive for.

More definitions

argue with one another
discuss the pros and cons of an issue
think about carefully; weigh
have an argument about something

Examples

340 sentences

They will debate the question tomorrow.
Вони обговорять ци питання завтра. — deniko
ruОни обсудят этот вопрос завтра. — Lenin_1917
deSie werden die Frage morgen diskutieren. — jast
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It's not up for debate.
Це не обговорюється. — deniko
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It's not open for debate.
Це не обговорюється. — deniko
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It isn't up for debate.
Це не обговорюється. — deniko
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It isn't open for debate.
Це не обговорюється. — deniko
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Translations

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Deutsch

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Origin

From Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also lit

From Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literally to beat down”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuō (“to beat, to fence”).

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