PUBLIC DEBATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the formal presentation of and opposition to a stated proposition (usually followed by a vote)
   Synonym(s)
   • debate (what does debate mean?)
   • disputation (what does disputation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) public debate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • public speaking (what does public speaking mean?)
   • speechmaking (what does speechmaking mean?)
   • speaking (what does speaking mean?)
   • oral presentation (what does oral presentation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • quarrel (what does quarrel mean?)
   • dispute (what does dispute mean?)
   • scrap (what does scrap mean?)
   • argufy (what does argufy mean?)
   • altercate (what does altercate mean?)
   • debate (what does debate mean?)
   • deliberate (what does deliberate mean?)