Definition of Debating

1. n. The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.

Definition of Debating

1. Verb. (present participle of debate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Debating

1. debate [v] - See also: debate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Debating

debasingly
debatable
debatably
debate
debateable
debated
debateful
debatement
debatements
debater
debaters
debates
debatest
debateth
debathification
debating (current term)
debatingly
debation
debations
debauch
debauched
debauchedly
debauchedness
debauchee
debauchees
debaucher
debaucheries
debaucherous
debauchers

Literary usage of Debating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History and Pedagogy of American Student Societies by Henry Davidson Sheldon (1901)
"the debating society, which are based on a free common life. Most important of all these factors, the athlete arises in the land. ..."

2. Student Life and Customs by Henry Davidson Sheldon (1901)
"the debating society, which are based on a free common life. Most important of all these factors, the athlete arises in the land. ..."

3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"The process of debating and that of voting are distinct processes; nor shall the latter be entered upon till after the former is gone through. ART. ..."

4. Adolescence and High-school Problems by Ralph W. Pringle (1922)
"criticisms, then certainly high-school debating must be condemned as an unwholesome and dangerous method of exercising the rapidly evolving reasoning powers ..."

5. Debaters' Manual by Edith M. Phelps (1922)
"High school debating is valuable largely to the degree that it teaches young ... Judges will do much toward raising the standards of debating if they will ..."

6. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1856)
"Hence what are called debating associations have, in our view, a peculiar interest. Capabilities they certainly have in the cause of education, which, ..."

7. The Principles of Argumentation by George Pierce Baker, Henry Barrett Huntington (1905)
"CHAPTER VI debating debating is, for the most part, but oral application of the ... The common faults in debating arise from four sources: incomplete ..."

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