public debate

1. 1.

   the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

   Synonymsdebatedisputation

   Broaderpublic speaking

Questions about public debate

What does public debate mean?

public debate means "the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)".

What is another word for public debate?

Close synonyms include debate, disputation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is public debate a common word?

public debate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.