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debatingverbpresent participle of debate to give serious and careful thought tostill debating what to do chewing over, cogitating, considering, contemplating, deliberating, entertaining, eyeing(or eying), kicking around, meditating, mulling (over), perpending, pondering, poring (over), questioning, revolving, ruminating, studying, thinking (about or over), turning, weighing, wrestling (with) musing (upon), reflecting (on or upon), reminiscinganalyzing, exploring, reviewingconcluding, reasoningsecond-guessing, speculating (about)brooding (about or over), dwelling (on or upon), fixating (on or upon), fretting (about or over), obsessing (about or over)believing, conceiving, opiningabsorbing, assimilating, digesting, drinking (in) beating one's brains out (about), chewing on, cudgeling one's brains (about), looking at disregarding, ignoring, overlooking, slightingdismissing, pooh-poohing(also poohing), rejecting to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinionwe debated the advantages versus the disadvantages of the proposed waterfront development agitating, arguing, bandying, batting (around or back and forth), canvassing(also canvasing), discussing, disputing, hashing (over or out), mooting, talking over reviewing, speaking (about), talking (about)broaching, introducing, propounding, raising, stirring upforging, hammering out, talking out, thrashing (out), wrestling (with)chewing over, considering, deliberating, weighing |