单词 | debating |
释义 | debatingn. The action of debate v.1; discussion; deliberation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun] mootingOE disputinga1225 mootc1225 sputingc1250 disputisounc1290 arguingc1385 sputisounc1390 debate1393 determinationc1400 luyte1477 disputation1489 dispicion?1510 argumenta1513 plead?a1513 traversing1524 dispicience1531 ruffle1532 debatement1536 argumentationa1538 debating1548 pro et contraa1554 canvassing1565 litigation1567 toil1597 discussion1598 tongue-work1598 agitation1600 canvass1611 fence1637 contestation1638 dispute1638 tongue-fence1643 actitation1661 the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > topic of or subject for conversation or gossip > discussion debate1393 revolutionc1425 treatingc1450 disputation1489 debatement1536 debating1548 discuss1571 discussion1598 reasoning1611 entertainment1625 ventilationa1631 ventilating1660 discussal1809 skull session1959 séance1962 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cx After long debatyng, the Commons concluded to graunte .ii.s. of the pound. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. C3v Then childish feare auaunt, debating die. View more context for this quotation 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. ii. 208 The End of debating is to persuade. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 71 After a great deal of debating a resolution was passed. Compounds C1. attributive. ΚΠ 1741 Ld. Hardwicke in Ld. Hardwicke et al. Athenian Lett. (1792) II. 18 I find myself in such a debating humour, that you must indulge me. 1885 Leeds Mercury 24 June 4/4 The new Government will be..weak in debating power. C2. debating club n. = debating society n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun] > society for debating society1792 debating club1830 1830 C. C. Baldwin Diary 6 Feb. (1901) 52 The Debating Club, composed of law students generally, hold a public debate. 1862 W. Bagehot Coll. Wks. (1965) II. 225 The House of Commons..became..the debating-club of fashion. debating point n. a point which, though not necessarily essential to the matter in hand, furnishes a useful or interesting subject for debate; a proposition, contention, etc., used mainly to impress or disconcert one's opponent in a debate. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > materials of topic > [noun] > of debate or discussion proposec1350 purposec1350 propositiona1382 problema1387 conclusionc1400 state of the causea1525 question1549 argumenta1568 thesis1579 disquisition1605 problem1645 consultation1663 consult1683 propos1816 issue1836 chat1861 debating point1927 battleground1931 1927 G. B. Shaw Doctors' Delusions (1932) 135 Shallow petulances and tu quoques which have remained part of the vivisector's stock of debating points ever since. 1928 Daily Tel. 9 Oct. 6 ‘I do plead for the liberties of the people of England more than any of you do.’ It was not a bad debating point, if such things had then been of any avail. 1965 Listener 2 Sept. 348/2 It may be no more than an interesting debating point, but in fact this eastern area was..little used or even visited by Indians. debating society n. a society whose members meet for practice in debating. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [noun] > society for debating society1792 debating club1830 1792 Gentleman's Mag. 62 ii. 1146 Proceedings..with respect to a debating-society at the house formerly the King's Arms tavern, in Cornhill. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 445 To answer every base attack on Vaccination, in Newspapers or in Debating Societies. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. vii. 394 In the middle of the 18th century debating societies sprung up among tradesmen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). debatingadj. That debates: see debate v.1 ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > [adjective] > engaged in debate canvassing1579 bandying1661 debating1702 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. ii. 665 Debating Senates. 1749 Deity, A Poem 30 As just the structure, and as wise the plan, As in the lord of all—debating man! Derivatives deˈbatingly adv. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1548adj.1702 |
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