argue
see also: Argue
Pronunciation Verb
Argue
Proper noun
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see also: Argue
Pronunciation Verb
argue (argues, present participle arguing; past and past participle argued)
- To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- 1910, Saki, "The Soul of Laploshka", Reginald in Russia:
- To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable.
- 1910, Saki, "The Soul of Laploshka", Reginald in Russia:
- (intransitive) To debate, disagree
or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints. - He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China.
- He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
- The two boys argued over a disagreement about the science project.
- (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
- (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
- He argued his point.
- He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
- (obsolete, transitive) To prove.
- (obsolete, transitive) To accuse.
- French: affirmer
- German: diskutieren
- Italian: discutere, dibattere
- Portuguese: discutir, argumentar, debater, arguir
- Russian: спо́рить
- Spanish: argumentar, debatir
- French: se disputer, se quereller
- German: streiten
- Italian: litigare, discutere
- Portuguese: discutir
- Russian: спо́рить
- Spanish: discutir
- German: argumentieren
- Italian: argomentare
- Portuguese: argumentar
- Russian: аргументи́ровать
- Spanish: argumentar
Argue
Proper noun
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