0 a group of school or college students who take part in competitive debates (= formal discussions of a subject):
In school she was a successful member of the debate team.
She is a member of her high school's National Honor Society and vice president of the debate team.
He is a well trained debater, having learned the craft on debate teams at prep school.
His experiences of Canada included trips to Montreal and Toronto as part of the Yale debate team.
We were visited by debating teams from a number of schools in the region.
