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1. (v.i.) argue
to present reasons for or against a thing:
to argue in favor of capital punishment.
2. argue
to contend in oral disagreement; dispute:
to argue with a colleague; to argue about the new tax bill.
3. (v.t.) argue
to state the reasons for or against:
to argue a case.
4. argue
to maintain in reasoning:
to argue that the news report was biased.
5. argue
to persuade or compel by reasoning:
to argue someone out of a plan.
6. argue
to show; indicate:
His answer argues careful thought.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < AF, OF arguer < L argūtāre, -ārī, freq. of arguere to prove, assert, accuse (ML: argue, reason))
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| Definition of 'argue' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) argue, reason
present reasons and arguments
2. (verb) argue, contend, debate, fence
have an argument about something
3. (verb) argue, indicate
give evidence of
"The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"
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1. (verb) argue
to disagree angrily
Let's stop arguing.; What are you two arguing about?; She had argued with her husband.
2. argue
to give reasons to support an opinion
to argue for/against changes; arguing that taxes should be cut
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| Definition of 'argue' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) argue
to invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason
2. (verb) argue
to contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him
3. (verb) argue
to debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued
4. (verb) argue
to prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning
5. (verb) argue
to persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion
6. (verb) argue
to blame; to accuse; to charge with
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Sense: (withwith someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way
I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!
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 Afrikaans: argumenteer |
 Arabic: يُجادِل، يَتَجادَل مَع |
 Bulgarian: споря |
 Brazilian: discutir |
 Czech: přít se, hádat se |
 German: (sich) streiten |
 Danish: diskutere; argumentere; s |
 Greek: λογομαχώ |
 Spanish: discutir |
 Estonian: vaidlema |
 Farsi: جروبحث کردن؛ مشاجره کردن |
 Finnish: riidellä |
 French: se disputer (sur/à propos |
 Hebrew: לְהִתוַכֵח |
 Hindi: बहस करना |
 Croatian: svađati se |
 Hungarian: vitatkozik |
 Indonesian: bertengkar, membantah |
 Icelandic: deila, rífast |
 Italian: discutere; litigare |
 Japanese: 言い合う |
 Korean: 설득하여 ...하게(그만두게) 하다 |
 Lithuanian: ginčytis |
 Latvian: strīdēties |
 Malay: bertengkar |
 Dutch: redetwisten |
 Norwegian: krangle, trette, diskuter |
 Polish: kłócić/spierać się |
 Persian: جروبحث کردن؛ مشاجره کردن |
 Pashto: خبری اتری، مشاجره کول، جر |
 Portuguese: discutir |
 Romanian: a se certa (pentru/în leg |
 Russian: спорить |
 Slovak: hádať sa |
 Slovenian: pričkati se |
 Serbian: svađati se |
 Swedish: gräla, bråka |
 Thai: โต้เถียง |
 Turkish: tartışmak, münakaşa etmek |
 Taiwanese: 爭辯 |
 Ukrainian: сперечатися |
 Urdu: بحث کرنا |
 Vietnamese: cãi nhau |
 Chinese: 争辩 |
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