Usage examples of "débat" in French with translation to English

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C'est un débat ésotérique. It's an esoteric debate.
Ils ont commencé un débat concernant le problème. They entered into a discussion about the issue.
C'était à peine un débat. It wasn't much of a debate.
Le débat sur les intellectuels rebondit. The debate about intellectuals bounces back.
Nous avons eu un débat très vif. We had a very vigorous debate.
Ils eurent un débat sur le mariage homosexuel. They had a debate on same-sex marriage.
Elles eurent un débat sur le mariage homosexuel. They had a debate on same-sex marriage.
Elles ont eu un débat sur le mariage homosexuel. They had a debate on same-sex marriage.
Ils ont eu un débat sur le mariage homosexuel. They had a debate on same-sex marriage.
Le verdict de culpabilité rendu par le jury a lancé un large débat. The jury's guilty verdict gave rise to widespread debate.
J'ai entendu davantage de vitriol dans le débat que d'argumentation raisonnée. I heard more vitriol in the debate than reasoned argument.
Ce qui est en question dans ce débat est la survie de notre planète. What is at issue in this debate is the survival of our planet.
L'athée déconcerta complètement son contradicteur dans le débat en demandant : « Et qui a créé Dieu ? » The atheist completely flummoxed her opponent in the debate by asking, "And who created God?"
La guerre en Irak est un sujet explosif de débat politique ; un mot de travers et une dispute enflammée pourrait éclater. The war on Iraq is a volatile subject of political debate; any wrong word and a heated argument could spark.
Nous nous rencontrons à un moment de tension entre les États-Unis et les musulmans à travers le monde - tension enracinée dans des forces historiques qui dépassent tout débat politique actuel. We meet at a time of tension between the United States and Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate.
Courant 1969 le débat sur la mémoire virtuelle pour les ordinateurs commerciaux prit fin. Une équipe de recherche d'IBM menée par David Sayre montra que leur système d'indirection de la mémoire virtuelle fonctionnait concrètement mieux que le meilleur des systèmes contrôlés manuellement. By 1969 the debate over virtual memory for commercial computers was over. An IBM research team led by David Sayre showed that their virtual memory overlay system consistently worked better than the best manually controlled systems.
Nous avons débattu du problème. We debated the problem.
Nous avons débattu sur le problème. We discussed the problem.
Les candidats débattirent du sujet en détail. The candidates thoroughly argued the point.
Les trois jours de débats en valaient la peine. The three-day discussion was worthwhile.
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