debate (noun)
71parliament — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ current, present ▪ new ▪ outgoing ▪ bicameral, unicameral ▪ elected …
72television — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broadcast (esp. AmE), cable, closed circuit, digital, high definition, satellite, terrestrial (esp. BrE) ▪ commercial, network …
73topic — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ chosen, selected ▪ particular, specific ▪ related ▪ articles on religious art and related topics ▪ …
74moderator — noun 1》 an arbitrator or mediator. ↘a presiding officer, especially a chairman of a debate. ↘a Presbyterian minister presiding over an ecclesiastical body. 2》 Brit. a person who moderates examination papers. 3》 Physics a substance used in …
75riot — noun 1》 a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd. ↘archaic rowdy behaviour. 2》 an impressively varied or lavish display: a riot of colour. 3》 (a riot) informal a highly amusing or entertaining person or thing. verb 1》 take part in a riot …
76Black English — noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States • Syn: ↑African American Vernacular English, ↑AAVE, ↑African American English, ↑Black English Vernacular, ↑Black Vernacular, ↑Black… …
77burden of proof — noun the duty of proving a disputed charge • Hypernyms: ↑duty, ↑responsibility, ↑obligation * * * Etymology: translation of Latin onus probandi : the duty of proving a disputed presumption, assertion, or charge …
78omega-3 fatty acid — noun a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond three carbons from the beginning • Syn: ↑omega 3 • Hypernyms: ↑polyunsaturated fatty acid • Hyponyms: ↑alpha linolenic acid, ↑docosahexaenoic acid, ↑ …
79second reading — noun the second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a committee s report and take a vote (US) • Hypernyms: ↑presentation * * * second reading [second reading] …
80kangaroo closure — noun : the restriction of debate to those amendments judged by the presiding officer of a legislative body to be most appropriate the New Zealand House has not had to adopt … the kangaroo closure Walter Nash compare guillotine * * * kangaroo… …
