debating
verbnounattested in dialogue
The act of taking part in a debate.
verb
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Also a form of debatepresent participle and gerund of debate
noun
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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 upon the evidence
Forms
- plural
- debatings
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debating · The act of taking part in a debate.
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