de⋅bate /dɪˈbeɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [di-beyt] Show IPA noun, verb, -bat⋅ed, -bat⋅ing.
noun 1. a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports. 2. a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers. 3. deliberation; consideration. 4. Archaic. strife; contention.
arent they all on the same side? why have a debate then??
