debating

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debating

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of debate

noun debatings

  1. countable, uncountable The act of taking part in a debate. 1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation If the war-minister, or all the ministers together, had had no debatings and dividings to look to; if they had had nobody but their master to obey; no families or particular individuals to conciliate or gratify; they would have acted

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Closest in meaning: argue, disputation, contend, moot, argument, consider, deliberate, turn over, fence, public debate, arguing, struggling, talking, discuss, discussion, considering

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@misc{debating_2026,
  title = {debating},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/debating},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}