Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to debate
Participle: debated
Gerund: debating
Indicative
Present
| I | debate |
| you | debate |
| he;she;it | debates |
| we | debate |
| you | debate |
| they | debate |
Perfect
| I | have debated |
| you | have debated |
| he;she;it | has debated |
| we | have debated |
| you | have debated |
| they | have debated |
Past
| I | debated |
| you | debated |
| he;she;it | debated |
| we | debated |
| you | debated |
| they | debated |
Pluperfect
| I | had debated |
| you | had debated |
| he;she;it | had debated |
| we | had debated |
| you | had debated |
| they | had debated |
Future
| I | will debate |
| you | will debate |
| he;she;it | will debate |
| we | will debate |
| you | will debate |
| they | will debate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have debated |
| you | will have debated |
| he;she;it | will have debated |
| we | will have debated |
| you | will have debated |
| they | will have debated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | debate |
| you | debate |
| he;she;it | debate |
| we | debate |
| you | debate |
| they | debate |
Perfect
| I | have debated |
| you | have debated |
| he;she;it | have debated |
| we | have debated |
| you | have debated |
| they | have debated |
Imperfect
| I | debated |
| you | debated |
| he;she;it | debated |
| we | debated |
| you | debated |
| they | debated |
Pluperfect
| I | had debated |
| you | had debated |
| he;she;it | had debated |
| we | had debated |
| you | had debated |
| they | had debated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would debate |
| you | would debate |
| he;she;it | would debate |
| we | would debate |
| you | would debate |
| they | would debate |
Perfect
| I | would have debated |
| you | would have debated |
| he;she;it | would have debated |
| we | would have debated |
| you | would have debated |
| they | would have debated |
Imperative
| you | debate |
| we | Let's debate |
| you | debate |
Verbs conjugated like 'debate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'debate'
debase,
delate,
demate,
derate,
rebate,
abate,
aerate,
bate,
bebathe,
behate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- argue
- vex, agitate, confute, contend, refute, discuss, controvert, dispute
- deliberate
- moot, argue, reason, consider
- ponder
- deliberate, weigh, discuss
Antonyms
- argue
- harmonize, overlook, ignore, propound
- deliberate
- haphazard, careless, incautious, hasty
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from Fr.
debattre (13c.), orig. "to fight," from
de- "down, completely" +
batre "to beat."
2. From Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre (“to fight, contend, debate, also literally to beat down”), from Romanic desbattere, from Latin dis- (“apart, in different directions”) + battuō (“to beat, to fence”).
Verbs referencing "debate"
Danish
debattere.
Sample Sentences
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[...] upon the surface, and it extorts few cries that human ears can hear; therefore I the more denounce it, as a secret punishment which slumbering humanity is not roused up to stay. I hesitated once, debating with myself, whether, if I had the power of saying ‘Yes ’ or ‘No, ’ I would allow it to be tried in certain cases, where the terms of imprisonment were short; but now, I solemnly declare, that with [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] assembly, a body of men, who, applying themselves in a new world to correct some of the falsehoods and vices of the old, purified the avenues to Public Life, paved the dirty ways to Place and Power, debated and made laws for the Common Good, and had no party but their Country ?
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] fever went off and I grew healthy, and finally got up. Then, they made me dress up, every day; and gentlemen used to come in and stand and smoke their cigars, and look at me, and ask questions, and debate my price. I was so gloomy and silent, that none of them wanted me. They threatened to whip me, if I wasn't gayer, and didn't take some pains to make myself agreeable. At length, one day, came a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)