serious debate

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousanddebate

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serious
adjective
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/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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debate
noun
uk
/dɪˈbeɪt/us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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(Definition ofseriousanddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Just how much autonomy cells possess was a matter ofseriousdebatein the decades surrounding the turn of the twentieth century.
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All these works are thoughtful additions to aseriousdebateabout important things.
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It may appear timely for aseriousdebateabout the market in health care.
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Of course, in our nation at the present time, there is noseriousdebatewithin the halls of power concerning how to provide insurance to all those who are uninsured.
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Aseriousdebateon this is no longer possible today owing to lack of time.
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I hope that it will not delay the continuation of a highly charged andseriousdebatethat concerns us all.
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They regarded themselves and their bodies as joined together in holy matrimony and that is why this is aseriousdebate.
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This is nonsense in what is supposed to be aseriousdebateabout penal policy.
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We should get on with aseriousdebate.
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I should stress at the outset that this is aseriousdebateabout a serious problem—the potential costs of a treatment for a significant condition.
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We have a very limited amount of time for an extremelyseriousdebate.
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The only way in which we shall get aseriousdebateon this issue is on the basis of fact.
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If we are to have aseriousdebateabout how to raise the professionalism and self-esteem of teachers, he must know that that is untrue.
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On that occasion, there was a veryseriousdebate.
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That was a pity, because it is time that we had aseriousdebateabout the place of private property in our society.
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Overall, this has been a good andseriousdebate.
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This is aseriousdebateand there is very little time left for it to proceed.
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We have had aseriousdebateon a serious subject.
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I suppose that, because it has been aseriousdebate, it will get little reporting in the newspapers.
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That kind of rumour and slur simply do not help a very important andseriousdebate.
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