argue
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (“to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse”), q.v. for more. Displaced native Old English flītan and reċċan.
Definitions
To show grounds for concluding (that)
To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- The new increase in crime argues for even tougher jail sentences, according to some.
- 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.
- Yusuf Bangura argues that the contractocracy thesis merely falls within what he called "third option" explanation.
To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
- 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.
To have an argument, a quarrel.
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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.
- Nonetheless, Girard argues, the very fact that Christians have chosen to forgive and thus not to answer violence directly with violence is itself already a huge victory.
To prove.
To accuse.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- neighborargument
- neighborargumentative
- neighborargumentation
Derived
argie-bargie, argle-bargle, arguability, arguable, argue down, arguee, argue like a married couple, argue like an old married couple, argue out, arguer, argue round and round, arguesome, argue the toss, argufy, argy-bargy, counterargue, don't argue, downarg, outargue, overargue, reargue, unargued, unarguing, underargue
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at argue. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at argue. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at argue
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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