Synonyms for debating
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-beyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbeɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for debating Other synonyms for the word debating
- bandy
- bump heads
- canvass
- chew the fat
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- contend
- controvert
- cross swords
- demonstrate
- differ
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- moot
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- prove
- put up argument
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
Définition of debating
Origin :- late 14c., "to quarrel, dispute," also "discuss, deliberate upon the pros and cons of," from Old French debatre (13c., Modern French débattre), originally "to fight," from de- "down, completely" (see de-) + batre "to beat" (see battery). Related: Debated; debating.
- verb argue, discuss
- He was debating with himself whether he should ask her to stay to breakfast.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- But Jake kept quite cool while he seemed to be debating with himself.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- He was debating in his mind a question: should he or should he not enter that building?
- Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "I don't know what I could tell you," Stan said, pretending to be debating with himself.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
- Inside the house Mrs. Ransford was debating the situation with her mistress.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Is this an office, Mister Raper, or is it a debating society?
- Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
- He was debating whether it would be wise to return to Paris.
- Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
- He paused for a long time, debating what the effect of his answer would be.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- Husband and wife spent evenings and evenings debating the future of the child.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- In these clothes he joins the debating society and the choir.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
Antonyms for debating
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