debate
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
the argument over foreign aid goes on and on
Types & categories
- give-and-take hypernym
- logomachy hyponym
Related & opposite
- debate derivation
- argue derivation
- argue derivation
- contend derivation
- deliberate derivation
Sense 2 verb
argue with one another
We debated the question of abortion
Types & categories
- moot hypernym
Related & opposite
- argumentation derivation
- debater derivation
Sense 3 noun
the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
Types & categories
- public speaking hypernym
Related & opposite
- quarrel derivation
- deliberate derivation
Sense 4 verb
think about carefully; weigh
They considered the possibility of a strike
Types & categories
- hash out hypernym
- see hyponym
- premeditate hyponym
- debate hyponym
- wrestle hyponym
- think twice hyponym
Related & opposite
- deliberateness derivation
- consideration derivation
- weighing derivation
- consideration derivation
- deliberation derivation
- consider verb group
Sense 5 verb
discuss the pros and cons of an issue
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- deliberateness derivation
- weighing derivation
- argumentation derivation
- deliberation derivation
- disputation derivation
- debater derivation
- disputable derivation
- moot derivation
- deliberative derivation
Sense 6 verb
have an argument about something
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- argumentation derivation
- controversy derivation
- debater derivation
- moot derivation
- argumentative derivation
- disagree entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | debate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | argue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | argue |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | contend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | give-and-take |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | logomachy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | debater |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | moot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarrel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | public speaking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberateness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | consideration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | weighing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | consideration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberation |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | consider |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hash out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | see |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | premeditate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | debate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wrestle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | think twice |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberateness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | weighing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | disputation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | debater |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | disputable |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | moot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | deliberative |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | hash out |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | vex |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversy |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | debater |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | moot |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentative |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | disagree |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | converse |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | stickle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | spar |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bicker |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarrel |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | oppose |