Debated

Definition

debate /dÇ'beÇt/ n [C, U] (က) စကားအေခ်အတင္ေျပာျခင္း။ စကားရည္လုပြဲ။ စကားစစ္ထိုးပြဲ။ After a long debate, the House of Commons approved the bill. ❍ a debate on abortion/capital punishment ❍ to open the debate (ie be the first to speak) ❍ the motion under debate (ie being discussed). (ခ) ျငင္းခံုျခင္း။ ေဆြးေႏြးျခင္း။ After much debate, we decided to move to Mandalay. ❍ We had long debates at college about politics. ❍ The importance of this development has been the subject of much/some debate. v ၁။ ~ (about sth) ေဝဖန္ေဆြးေႏြးသည္။ What are they debating about? ❍ The issue/motion was first debated in the House 25 years ago. ❍ We’re just debating what to do next. ၂။ ခ်ီတံုခ်တံု စဥ္းစားသည္။ I debated it for a while, then decided not to go. ❍ I’m debating where to go on holiday. ❍ She debated whether or not to tell him the news. ❍ He debated buying a new car, but didn't in the end. ❏ debater n စကားအေခ်အတင္ေျပာသူ။ အဆိုရွင္။ အေခ်ရွင္။

Examples

1. [debate about/on/over] : There has been intense debate over political union.
2. [(a) lively/heated/fierce/intense debate] : The proposals provoked a fierce debate.
3. [be the subject of much/some debate] : Her books have been the subject of much debate.
4. [debate about/on something] : An emergency debate on the future of the peace talks