debate team
noun[C]
mainlyUSus/dɪˈbeɪt ˌtiːm/uk/dɪˈbeɪt ˌtiːm/(UKusuallydebating team)agroupofschoolorcollegestudentswho takepartincompetitivedebates(=formaldiscussionsof asubject):
Inschoolshe was asuccessfulmemberof thedebateteam.
- She is amemberof her high school'sNationalHonorSociety andvicepresidentof thedebateteam.
- He is a welltraineddebater, havinglearnedthecraftondebateteamsatprepschool.
- Hisexperiencesof Canadaincludedtripsto Montreal and Toronto aspartof the Yaledebateteam.
- We werevisitedbydebatingteamsfrom anumberofschoolsin theregion.
Debate & discussion
- agent provocateur
- bargainer
- bat
- bat around
- broker
- closure
- cloture
- consult
- dialogue
- discursive
- float
- parley
- polarized
- polemic
- polemical
- post-debate
- powwow
- provocateur
- re-explore
- sophistry
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