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debate

noun

I would welcome a debate on the reforms |

there is renewed debate about NATO's defence role:

discussion, exchange of views, discourse, parley;

argument, dispute, wrangle, altercation, war of words;

arguing, argumentation, wrangling, sparring, disputation, dissension, disagreement, controversy, contention, conflict, disharmony;

negotiations, talks;

dialogue, comment, interest;

informal confabrap session;

rare velitation, contestation.

verb

1 MPs will debate the future of the railways:

discuss, confer about, talk over, talk through, talk about, exchange views on, exchange views about, thrash out, argue, argue about, argue the pros and cons of, dispute, wrangle over, bandy words concerning, contend over, contest, controvert, moot;

informal kick about, kick around, bat about, bat around;

archaic altercate.

2 he debated whether to telephone Charlotte:

consider, give some thought to, think over, think about, chew over, mull over, turn over in one's mind, weigh up, ponder, deliberate, reflect, contemplate, muse, meditate, cogitate;

archaic pore on;

rare cerebrate.

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