--- title: D — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 6 description: The 1197 words of the English dictionary under D, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / D # D — The English dictionary · page 6 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Deadpan describes a way of telling a joke or saying something funny with a completely serious, blank face and flat voice, as if you do not know it is funny.[↗](../../deadpan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To deadpan means to say something in this serious, expressionless way.[↗](../../deadpan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A deadpan face or look is one that shows no feeling at all.[↗](../../deadpan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Oh, it's only a little rain,» Dad said deadpan, as water poured through the roof.[↗](../../deadpan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her deadpan jokes make the whole class laugh.[↗](../../deadpan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept a deadpan face while the teacher read out his funny poem.[↗](../../deadpan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «I'm thrilled,» she deadpanned, looking at the pile of homework.[↗](../../deadpan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The comedian's deadpan delivery made the joke twice as funny.[↗](../../deadpan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · British comedy often uses deadpan humour.[↗](../../deadpan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Try telling the joke deadpan, without smiling.[↗](../../deadpan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deaf** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Deaf means not able to hear, or not able to hear well.[↗](../../deaf/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Deaf to something means not willing to listen to it.[↗](../../deaf/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He was deaf to our requests.[↗](../../deaf/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My aunt is deaf and uses sign language.[↗](../../deaf/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some deaf children wear hearing aids.[↗](../../deaf/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Very loud music can make you go deaf.[↗](../../deaf/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Face a deaf person when you talk so they can read your lips.[↗](../../deaf/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa is a bit deaf in one ear.[↗](../../deaf/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our advice fell on deaf ears.[↗](../../deaf/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Beethoven wrote music even after he became deaf.[↗](../../deaf/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So I turned a deaf ear to all he said.[↗](../../deaf/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.[↗](../../deaf/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deaf/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto him: 'Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the LORD?[↗](../../deaf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deaf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Or deaf, as My messenger that I send?[↗](../../deaf/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deaf/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.[↗](../../deaf/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deaf/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The blind people that have eyes shall be brought forth, and the deaf that have ears.[↗](../../deaf/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.43.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deaf/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **deafen** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make so much noise that people cannot hear anything else, or can hardly hear for a while: «The music deafened us».[↗](../../deafen/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To damage someone's hearing or make them deaf: «The explosion deafened him in one ear».[↗](../../deafen/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cheers of the crowd deafened us.[↗](../../deafen/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fireworks were so loud they nearly deafened the dog.[↗](../../deafen/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear ear defenders so the drills don't deafen you.[↗](../../deafen/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The explosion deafened him in one ear.[↗](../../deafen/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a deafening roar as the rocket took off.[↗](../../deafen/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When the teacher asked who broke the window, there was a deafening silence.[↗](../../deafen/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He next hastened to the aviary, and was almost deafened by the clamour that rose as he shut the door behind him.[↗](../../deafen/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deafening** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deafening noise is extremely loud, so loud you can hardly hear anything else.[↗](../../deafening/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (idiom) A deafening silence is a silence that is very noticeable, for example when people refuse to answer.[↗](../../deafening/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The thunder was deafening.[↗](../../deafening/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd's cheer was deafening when we scored.[↗](../../deafening/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The music at the concert was deafening, so we wore earplugs.[↗](../../deafening/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the teacher's question there was a deafening silence.[↗](../../deafening/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire alarm made a deafening ring.[↗](../../deafening/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A jet engine is deafening up close.[↗](../../deafening/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He, however, convinced them that there was no pig there, and then the applause was deafening.[↗](../../deafening/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deafness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Deafness is being unable to hear, or being able to hear only a little.[↗](../../deafness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (figurative) Deafness can mean refusing to listen to something, as in «deafness to their pleas».[↗](../../deafness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Beethoven kept writing music despite his deafness.[↗](../../deafness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Loud music through headphones can cause deafness over time.[↗](../../deafness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her deafness meant she used sign language at home.[↗](../../deafness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa has partial deafness and wears a hearing aid.[↗](../../deafness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor tested the baby for deafness.[↗](../../deafness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ear defenders protect workers from deafness.[↗](../../deafness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's deafness to the people's complaints led to trouble.[↗](../../deafness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **deal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deal is an agreement between people, often in buying, selling or swapping.[↗](../../deal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To deal cards is to give them out to players.[↗](../../deal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To deal with something is to take action to sort out a problem or job.[↗](../../deal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To deal with someone is to have contact with them or handle how they behave.[↗](../../deal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «A great deal» or «a good deal» means a lot.[↗](../../deal/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A deal can be a bargain, a good price.[↗](../../deal/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let's make a deal: you help me, and I'll help you.[↗](../../deal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It's your turn to deal the cards.[↗](../../deal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Deal out seven cards to each player.[↗](../../deal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned how to deal with anger.[↗](../../deal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop has a great deal on apples: three for one dollar.[↗](../../deal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She spent a great deal of time on her project.[↗](../../deal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's no big deal if you spill a little water.[↗](../../deal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Teachers deal with lots of questions every day.[↗](../../deal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'[↗](../../deal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.34.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.[↗](../../deal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.23.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.[↗](../../deal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Deal courageously, and the LORD be with the good.'[↗](../../deal/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.19.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deal/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?[↗](../../deal/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.12.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deal/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously.[↗](../../deal/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.24.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../deal/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **dealer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dealer is a person or business that buys and sells a particular kind of thing, such as cars, art or antiques.[↗](../../dealer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In card games, the dealer is the person who hands out the cards.[↗](../../dealer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A drug dealer is a person who sells illegal drugs.[↗](../../dealer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad bought our car from a dealer.[↗](../../dealer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dealer shuffled the cards and dealt five each.[↗](../../dealer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The art dealer sold the painting for a lot of money.[↗](../../dealer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's your turn to be the dealer.[↗](../../dealer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never take anything from a drug dealer — tell an adult.[↗](../../dealer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The antique dealer said the clock was 200 years old.[↗](../../dealer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then the horse-dealers came together and began to bargain for it.[↗](../../dealer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth.[↗](../../dealer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.21.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dealer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer; the haughty man abideth not; he who enlargeth his desire as the nether-world, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.[↗](../../dealer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HAB.2.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dealer/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dealings** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The business or contact that people or groups have with each other: «my dealings with the bank».[↗](../../dealings/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The way someone behaves when doing business: «honest dealings», «shady dealings».[↗](../../dealings/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I've had no dealings with that company.[↗](../../dealings/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective looked into the mayor's secret dealings.[↗](../../dealings/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was always honest in his dealings with customers.[↗](../../dealings/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Their business dealings made them rich.[↗](../../dealings/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We had friendly dealings with the shop next door.[↗](../../dealings/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The report examines the firm's financial dealings.[↗](../../dealings/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We of the jungle have no dealings with them.[↗](../../dealings/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me?[↗](../../dealings/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.116.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dealings/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no dealings with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob.[↗](../../dealings/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.18.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dealings/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dean** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dean is a person who is in charge of a part of a college or university, or of students.[↗](../../dean/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dean is also a leader of priests in a large church.[↗](../../dean/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Dean is a boy's name or a family name.[↗](../../dean/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dean has 14 marbles.[↗](../../dean/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dean gave prizes to 6 students.[↗](../../dean/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dean ran 3 miles.[↗](../../dean/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dean and his sister share 20 cookies.[↗](../../dean/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The dean of the college spoke at the ceremony.[↗](../../dean/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My friend Dean lives next door.[↗](../../dean/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **dear** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Dear means loved or very much liked: «my dear friend».[↗](../../dear/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Dear is the polite word at the start of a letter: «Dear Grandma».[↗](../../dear/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In shops (mostly UK), dear means costing a lot.[↗](../../dear/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Dear» is a kind word for a person you love: «Thank you, dear».[↗](../../dear/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «Oh dear!» shows you are sorry or worried.[↗](../../dear/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dear Grandma, I have 5 new books.[↗](../../dear/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The red bag is dearer than the blue one.[↗](../../dear/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Apples are $2 dearer this week.[↗](../../dear/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Which toy is the dearest?[↗](../../dear/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to ask about the club.[↗](../../dear/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a dear friend of my mother's.[↗](../../dear/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh dear, I've spilt my juice\![↗](../../dear/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thank you, dear, that is very kind.[↗](../../dear/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "That is for Hereafterthis, my dear."[↗](../../dear/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **dearly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very much.[↗](../../dearly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I love you dearly; she would dearly like a puppy.[↗](../../dearly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* At a high cost, with suffering or loss: they paid dearly for their mistake.[↗](../../dearly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Dearly beloved: words used at the start of a church wedding or funeral to greet people.[↗](../../dearly/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I love my grandma dearly.[↗](../../dearly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She would dearly love to visit Australia.[↗](../../dearly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team paid dearly for that mistake and lost the match.[↗](../../dearly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (euphemism) We remember our dearly departed friend.[↗](../../dearly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today...[↗](../../dearly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He missed his dog dearly.[↗](../../dearly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “I am indeed,” she replied, “and I love you dearly.”[↗](../../dearly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My soul into the hand of her enemies.[↗](../../dearly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.12.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dearly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **dearth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A dearth is a shortage, a time when there is not enough of something, such as food.[↗](../../dearth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a dearth of rain that summer and the crops failed.[↗](../../dearth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our town had a dearth of doctors.[↗](../../dearth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the dearth of bread, the family grew hungry.[↗](../../dearth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some also there were that said: 'We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us get corn, because of the dearth.'[↗](../../dearth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.5.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../dearth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **death** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The end of life; when a person, animal or plant dies and stops living for ever.[↗](../../death/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A case of someone dying.[↗](../../death/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "There were no deaths in the accident."[↗](../../death/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Used to exaggerate.[↗](../../death/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "bored to death", "scared to death".[↗](../../death/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A death can also be the hidden object or place that a villain's life depends on, as in old fairy tales.[↗](../../death/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The death of our old dog made us very sad.[↗](../../death/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Every living thing has a life and a death.[↗](../../death/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing a seatbelt helps prevent death in crashes.[↗](../../death/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's OK to cry and talk about a death in the family.[↗](../../death/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I was scared to death by the thunder.[↗](../../death/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Seatbelts are a matter of life and death.[↗](../../death/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Whereabouts is your death, O Koshchei?"[↗](../../death/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.[↗](../../death/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../death/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.[↗](../../death/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.24.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../death/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.[↗](../../death/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../death/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall I redeem them from death?[↗](../../death/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.13.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../death/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · For the waves of Death compassed me.[↗](../../death/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.22.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../death/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death.[↗](../../death/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.20.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../death/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **deathless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Deathless means that something never dies or never ends; it lasts for ever.[↗](../../deathless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Koshchei the Deathless could not be killed.[↗](../../deathless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet wrote deathless words.[↗](../../deathless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero's deathless fame lives on in the story.[↗](../../deathless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **deathly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Deathly means like death, cold and still.[↗](../../deathly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Deathly pale» means very white and ill-looking, as if dying.[↗](../../deathly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A deathly chill ran down his back.[↗](../../deathly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The island was in deathly silence.[↗](../../deathly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She went deathly pale when she saw the ghost.[↗](../../deathly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **debar** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Here only a part of a place name.[↗](../../debar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Lo-debar, a town in Gilead east of the Jordan.[↗](../../debar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The word "debar" means "to shut out".[↗](../../debar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.[↗](../../debar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.9.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../debar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king said unto him: 'Where is he?'[↗](../../debar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") And Ziba said unto the king: 'Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.'[↗](../../debar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.9.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../debar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (Prophets 2SA.17.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../debar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **debate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A debate is a formal discussion where people give arguments for and against an idea, often with rules and a vote at the end.[↗](../../debate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Debate is discussion and disagreement about something.[↗](../../debate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To debate is to discuss something carefully, or to think hard about which choice to make.[↗](../../debate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class held a debate about school uniform.[↗](../../debate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two sides took turns in the debate.[↗](../../debate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There is a lot of debate about the best way to learn.[↗](../../debate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The council debated the new park for hours.[↗](../../debate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I debated whether to have pizza or pasta.[↗](../../debate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She joined the school debating team.[↗](../../debate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Whether cats are better than dogs is open to debate.[↗](../../debate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But when the Mice further debated who among them should thus “bell the Cat,” there was no one found to do it.[↗](../../debate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Debate thy cause with thy neighbour, but reveal not the secret of another; (Writings PRO.25.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../debate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **debater** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who takes part in a debate: a formal argument where speakers give reasons for and against an idea.[↗](../../debater/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anyone who is good at arguing a point clearly with reasons.[↗](../../debater/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Maya is the best debater in our class.[↗](../../debater/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each debater had three minutes to speak.[↗](../../debater/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The debaters on our team argued that school should start later.[↗](../../debater/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A good debater listens to the other side carefully.[↗](../../debater/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge praised both debaters for their politeness.[↗](../../debater/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a fierce debater at the dinner table.[↗](../../debater/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school's debaters won the regional final.[↗](../../debater/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) … [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/5/) **6** [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/7/) … [62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/62/) - ← previous: [page 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/5/) - next →: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/page/7/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)