Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with debate in American Collocation
debate
verb
intransitive/transitive
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/dɪˈbeɪt/
in an angry or excited way
fiercely
hotly
vigorously
Ten years later, the issue remains a hotly debated topic.
with a lot of discussion
at length
endlessly
fully
properly
widely
Cell phone safety is a topic widely debated around the world.
publicly
openly
publicly
The council will not now have the opportunity to force the scheme through without all of the issues being publicly debated.
subject or issue
future
issue
matter
merits
question
subject
topic
We are now in the middle of national men’s health week, so there could not be a better time to debate the issue of men and cancer.
formal proposal that people vote on
amendment
bill
motion
MPs will get a chance to debate the identity card bill once it has returned to the House of Commons.