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1 debatable
[dɪ'beɪtəbl] UK / USadjfraglich, (question) strittig -
2 debatable
[dɪ'beɪtəbl] UK / USadjfraglich, (question) strittig -
3 debate
1. transitive verbdebattieren über (+ Akk.)2. nounbe debated — diskutiert od. debattiert werden
Debatte, die* * *[di'beit] 1. noun(a discussion or argument, especially a formal one in front of an audience: a Parliamentary debate.) die Debatte2. verb1) (to hold a formal discussion (about): Parliament will debate the question tomorrow.) debattieren2) (to think about or talk about something before coming to a decision: We debated whether to go by bus or train.) überlegen•- academic.ru/18763/debatable">debatable* * *de·bate[dɪˈbeɪt]I. npublic \debate öffentliche Debatte\debate on tax issues Steuerdiskussion fto be open to \debate sich akk [erst] noch erweisen müssenII. vt▪ to \debate sth etw diskutierenIII. vi▪ to \debate whether... beraten [o überlegen], ob...* * *[dI'beɪt]1. vtquestion debattieren, diskutieren2. videbattieren, diskutieren (with mit, about über acc)he was debating with himself whether or not to go — er überlegte hin und her, ob er gehen sollte
3. nDebatte fthe debate was on or about... — die Debatte ging über... (acc)
the death penalty was under debate — zur Debatte stand die Todesstrafe
* * *debate [dıˈbeıt]A v/i1. debattieren, diskutieren, Erörterungen anstellen ( alle:on, upon, about über akk)2. debate with o.s. hin und her überlegen3. obs kämpfenB v/t1. etwas debattieren, diskutieren, erörtern3. obs kämpfen umafter much debate nach langen Diskussionen;beyond debate unbestreitbar;be under debate zur Debatte stehen;be still under debate noch umstritten sein;debate on request PARL Aktuelle Stunde* * *1. transitive verbdebattieren über (+ Akk.)2. nounbe debated — diskutiert od. debattiert werden
Debatte, diethere was much debate about whether... — es wurde viel darüber debattiert, ob...
* * *n.Debatte -n f.Wortstreit m. v.erörtern v. -
4 controversial
adjectiveumstritten [Mode, Kunstwerk, Gesetz, Idee]; strittig [Frage, Punkt, Angelegenheit]; (given to controversy) streitsüchtig* * *[kontrə'və:ʃəl]* * *con·tro·ver·sial[ˌkɒntrəˈvɜ:ʃəl, AM ˌkɑ:ntrəˈvɜ:r-]* * *["kɒntrə'vɜːSəl]adjspeech, person, figure etc kontrovers; (= debatable) matter, decision also umstritten, strittigit is still controversial whether... —
he is deliberately controversial — er gibt sich bewusst kontrovers
* * *1. strittig, umstritten, kontrovers:a controversial book ein umstrittenes Buch;a controversial subject eine Streitfrage2. polemisch3. streitsüchtig* * *adjectiveumstritten [Mode, Kunstwerk, Gesetz, Idee]; strittig [Frage, Punkt, Angelegenheit]; (given to controversy) streitsüchtig* * *adj.brisant adj.kontrovers adj.strittig adj.umstritten adj.
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