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# debater

«debater» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who takes part in a debate: a formal argument…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a debater, debaters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who takes part in a debate: a formal argument where speakers give reasons for and against an idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#m1)

2) Anyone who is good at arguing a point clearly with reasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, debaters join a debate club or team and speak for or against a motion, such as «Homework should be banned»; a judge decides who argued better. In stories, a «good debater» is someone quick and clever with words. Phrases: «a skilled debater», «the debating team», «for and against».

### examples

- Maya is the best debater in our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#x1)
- Each debater had three minutes to speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#x2)
- The debaters on our team argued that school should start later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#x3)
- A good debater listens to the other side carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#x4)
- The judge praised both debaters for their politeness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#x5)
- He is a fierce debater at the dinner table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#x6)
- Our school's debaters won the regional final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/#x7)

### note

Countable noun: one debater, two debaters. Comes from «debate» + «-er» (drop the final «e» before «-er»). A debater does not always believe the side they argue; in contests the side is often given to them.

### In the corpora

- [Politicians on all sides use straw men; a fair debater first repeats the real idea, then says why they disagree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «debater» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/debater/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.