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debating

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: D AH0 B EY1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of taking part in a debate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 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 upon the evidence

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2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of debate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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History

Etymology

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