Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of debate
noundebating (countable and uncountable, plural debatings)
plural debatings
- countableuncountableThe act of taking part in a debate.
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1824-1826, William Cobbett, History of the Protestant Reformation If the war-minister, or all the ministers together, had had no debatings and dividings to look to; if they had had nobody but their master to obey; no families or particular individuals to conciliate or gratify; they would have acted upon the evidence
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debating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debating
MLA
“debating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debating. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debating.
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