Argue

Definition: Argue

Argue

Verb

1. Present reasons and arguments.

2. Have an argument about something.

3. Give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "argue" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Argue

Evidence

Verb: be evidence; Noun: evince, show, betoken, tell of; indicate; (denote); imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe.

Indication

Verb: indicate; be the sign; n. of; denote, betoken; argue, testify; (evidence); bear the impress; n. of; connote, connotate.

Reasoning,

Verb: reason, argue, discuss, debate, dispute, wrangle- argufy, bandy words, bandy arguments; chop logic; hold an argument, carry on an argument; controvert; (deny); canvass; comment upon, moralize upon; spiritualize; consider; (examine).

Crosswords: Argue

French (argues), Latin (accuse, allege, argue, blame, charge, complain of, convict, disclose, prove).

You could argue he'd done it to curry favor with the guards. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Oh don't worry, I've given up trying to argue with you. (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

Let's not bicker and argue about who killed who. (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.)

Why must you always argue with me? (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence)

Reese, if that's what Dewey says happened there's no reason to argue about it. (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

Some 26 nervous eyes argue by the little red numbers passing by (Crowded Elevator(Scream 3 Soundtrack,Make Yourself Import); performing artist: Incubus)

Cos we only act like children when we argue fuss and fight (If You Don't Know Me By Now; performing artist: Simply Red)

You just don't argue anymore (Luka; performing artist: Suzanne Vega)

Others may argue your beliefs, but they can't refuse your love. (references; author: unknown)

The only man who is a bigger fool than the one who knows it all is the one who will argue with him. (references; author: unknown)

Never argue with a stupid person. First they'll drag you down to their level, then they will beat you with experience. (references; author: unknown)

Guns Don't Argue (1957)

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Books

• How to Argue (reference)

• How to Argue and Win Every Time: At Home, at Work, in Court, Everywhere, Every Day (reference)

• How to Argue with an Atheist (reference)

• Language to Persuade, Argue and Advise Teacher's Portfolio (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• No Need to Argue (reference)

• You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Lamper was a bold and hardened man, but he had no mind to argue with this colossus. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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But when we consider, that the practice of the strong and powerful, how universal soever it may be, is seldom the rule of right, however it be one part of the subjection of the conquered, not to argue against the conditions cut out to them by the conquering sword. (Second Treatise of Government)

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This above all appeared to Trillian to be genuinely stupid, but she could no longer be bothered to argue about it.

Always argue, always fight.

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Health

Data from currently available studies assessing benefits and risks are inadequate to argue for or against the use of repeat or rescue courses of antenatal corticosteroids for fetal maturation. (references)

Some affected families argue that not enough research is being conducted on the treatment of Fragile X. In response, experts explain that it is difficult to treat Fragile X without first understanding more about the biology of the condition and the meaning of the DNA expansions. (references)

In most States, nursing homes have developed formidable lobbying efforts to argue their case. Hence, any efforts to redirect the balance of care between the nursing home and HCBC are likely to encounter substantial political resistance unless it is done as part of a package to add new resources, which does not seem a likely scenario in an era of budget tightening. (references)

Business

Some people also argue that in terms of environmental regulations, Thailand is ahead of many of its neighbors. (references)

However, some specialists argue that the best prospects for utilization of this tool is for professional training purposes. (references)

They argue that it keeps prices inflated, and offers no higher servicing standards than those provided by independent outlets. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mozambique

RENAMO continued to argue that it filed for and received necessary permission. (references)

Latvia

Independent human rights organizations argue that the law's provisions are contradictory and confusing. (references)

Thailand

The protesters argue that the dam displaced local residents and negatively affected their livelihoods and the environment. (references)

Economic History

France

Private sector firms argue that these arrangements unfairly reduce state-owned firms' financing costs. (references)

Bahrain

Although only a Bahraini lawyer can argue in a Bahraini court of law, lawyers of other nationalities can and do work on cases. (references)

Honduras

This code, however, is almost 50 years old, and local lawyers often argue that much of it needs to be updated to bring it in line with current business trends. (references)

Human Rights

Portugal

Judges argue that preventive detention is justified by the high incidence (40 percent) of repeat offenders. (references)

Morocco

Human rights organizations favored these changes and helped argue for them, although some groups believe the changes did not go far enough. (references)

Turkey

Other observers argue that there is a lack of trust in the councils, since the government-affiliated members generally outnumber the NGO's. (references)

Minorities

Singapore

This reflects their historically lower education and economic position, but some argue that it also is a result of employment discrimination. (references)

Political Economy

PORTUGAL

An existing body of legislation regulates health and safety, but labor unions continue to argue for stiffer laws. (references)

Peru

Labor advocates argue that labor laws and practices restrict freedom of association and collective bargaining rights. (references)

Political Rights

Indonesia

Nonetheless, many women activists argue that the quality of female politicians has improved. (references)

Philippines

Along with many other citizens, Muslims argue that the method of election of senators from a nationwide list favors established political figures from the Manila area, to the disadvantage of Muslims. (references)

Singapore

Often these means are fully consistent with the law and the normal prerogatives of government, but the overall effect (and, many argue, ultimate purpose) is to disadvantage and weaken the political opposition. (references)

Trade

Chile

For example, international pharmaceutical companies argue that current law does not provide effective patent protection. (references)

Bahrain

Some argue that companies employing more Bahrainis should receive preferential treatment when government contracts are awarded, but this does not noticeably affect contract awards. (references)

Women

Israel and the occupied territories

While sentences handed down to men convicted of rape have increased in recent years, some women's rights activists argue that the penalties are not sufficiently severe. (references)

Worker Rights

Ghana

Trade unions argue that an eventual minimum of a $1.00 (7,050 cedis) a day would provide a living wage to workers. (references)

Pakistan

Critics argue that the ESMA's limitation on worker rights, especially the right to quit, constitutes a form of compulsory labor. (references)

Peru

Employers deny that they are biased against unions, and argue that the labor stability provisions of the legislation have made long-term commitments to workers too expensive. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "argue": argue about ♦ argue about semantics ♦ argue against smth. ♦ argue back ♦ argue by means of facts ♦ argue for smth. ♦ argue into ♦ argue out ♦ argue out of doing ♦ argue smb. into smth. ♦ argue smb. out of smth. ♦ argue with. Additional references.

Beginning with "argue": argue-particularly.

Ending with "argue": out-argue, re-argue.

Afrikaans

beredeneer (discuss, reason about, reason upon). (various references)

Albanian

argumentoj, tregoj (bear, bespeak, betoken, bring out, connotate, connote, denote, designate, direct, display, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, express oneself, extend, finger, give away, indicate, infer, make out, manifest, narrate, note, point out, present, proclaim, produce, profess, prove, read, recite, relate, show, show round, spiel, spin out, tell, tell tales, yield), sjell prova. (various references)

Arabic 

‏نم عن (announce), ‏ناقش (agitate, bat, canvass, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, join issue with, moot, oppugn, powwow, question, set about, speak, talk, talk over, ventilate), ‏تنازع (dispute, spar, squabble), ‏تخاصم (bicker, fall out, quarrel, wrangle), ‏تجادل (debate, dispute, quarrel, squabble, wrangle), ‏جادل (contend, debate, fuss, join issue with, quibble, reason, talk over, urge). (various references)

Bulgarian 

убеждавам (admonish, assure, coax, convince, exhort, induce, lead, persuade, press, prevail, satisfy, talk over, urge, win), споря (altercate, cample, contend, contest, debate, dispute, expostulate, higgle, jar, palter, polemize), твърдя (affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, charge, claim, maintain, predicate, profess), обсъждам (agitate, bethink, confer, consult, deliberate, discuss, parley, powwow, reason, revolve, talk about, talk over, ventilate), доказвам (aver, demonstrate, establish, evidence, evince, manifest, proclaim, prove, reason, show, substantiate, vindicate, witness). (various references)

Chinese 

辯 (debate, discuss, dispute), 駮 (parti-colored, tranship), 駁 (contradict, dispute, parti-colored, refute, tranship), 争论 (Argued, Arguing, Argumentative, Augmentative, Contestation). (various references)

Czech

argumentovat, tvrdit (allege, allow, assert, aver, claim, predicate, represent, submit, sustain, urge), polemizovat, obhajovat (advocate, defend), hašteřit se (altercate, Bicker, squabble), hádat se (be at odds with, brawl, dispute, quarrel, scrap, wrangle), dokazovat, diskutovat (debate, talk). (various references)

Dutch

twisten (dispute, twist), krakelen (dispute, quarrel, wrangle), disputeren (dispute). (various references)

Esperanto

rezoni pri (discuss, reason about, reason upon), disputi (dispute). (various references)

Faeroese

kjakast (dispute). (various references)

Farsi 

مشاجره کردن (Spar, Wrangle), گفتگوکردن (Communicate, Discuss, Negotiate, Speak), استدلال کردن (Reason), دلیل اوردن (Allege), بحث کردن (Bandy, Discuss, Dissert, Treat, Tussle). (various references)

Finnish

väitellä (debate, dispute), kinata (bicker, quarrel), kinastella (bicker, quarrel), kiistellä (dispute), järkeillä (philosophize, reason). (various references)

French

se disputer. (various references)

German

streiten (altercate, battle, compete, conflict, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quarreling, squabble, take legal action, to altercate, to argue, to combat, to contend, to dispute, to quarrel, tussle, wrangle), erörtern (debate, discuss, to argue, to debate, to discuss). (various references)

Greek 

διαπληκτίζομαι (quarrel, scuffle, wrangle). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפלפל (debate, search), ל�"תוכח (debate, discuss, dispute, join issue with, plead), ל�"תפלמס (dispute, spar), ל�"תריס (challenge, contradict, defy, protest against, reproof), ל�"ת� צח (debate, dispute, polemize, spar, struggle, wrangle, wrestle), ל�"ון (deduce, discuss, govern, judge, litigate, punish, rule, sentence, talk over), לטעון (allege, assert, claim, contend, plead, profess, state, submit), ל� מק (explain, motivate, reason, substantiate). (various references)

Hungarian

vitatkozik (contend, debate, dispute, have a quarrel, quarrel, to argue, to contend, to contest, to debate, to dispute, wrangle), vitat (discuss, dispute, impugn, oppugn, to challenge, to contend, to contest, to debate, to dispute, to impugn), társalog (chat, converse, dispute, to chin, to converse, to rabbit, to rap, to schmoose, to schmooze), érvel (bring to reason, maintain, to argue, to reason). (various references)

Indonesian

perdebatan (controversy, debate, discussion), mendebat (contradict), membuktikan (attest, manifest, prove), balah (quarrel). (various references)

Italian

argomentare (close, conclude, deduce, reason), provare (attempt, demonstrate, essay, experience, feel, find, fit, prove, rehearse, show, taste, test, to try, to try on, try), persuadere (bring, cajole, coax, convince, convince oneself, get, induce, persuade, persuade oneself, win), distogliere (alight, avert, deter, dissuade, distract, divert), disputare (challenge, contest, debate, discuss, dispute, haggle, question, wrangle), discutere (debate, discuss, dispute, moot, parley, reason, talk over, treat), dimostrare (demonstrate, establish, look, manifest, prove, show, testify), convincere (convince, convince oneself, get, persuade, prevail, reason, urge on). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

争う (to argue, to be at variance, to compete, to dispute). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きりまくる (to argue vehemently, to attack and scatter), べ�"じる (to answer the purpose, to argue, to carry through, to discriminate, to dispose of, to distinguish, to make convenient, to manage, to speak, to talk, will do), いいふせる (to argue down), いいつのる (to argue vehemently), いい�"める (to argue down, to talk down), いいやぶる (to argue down, to confute), �"わ� かにろ�"じる (to argue loudly), わたりあう (to argue), あらそう (to argue, to be at variance, to compete, to dispute), ろ�"ずる (to argue, to debate, to discuss), ろ�"じる (to argue, to debate, to discuss), ろ�"じ�"�'はる (to argue about, to take a firm stand), やりつける (to argue into silence, to be accustomed to, to be used to, to talk down), やりあう (to argue with, to compete with, to quarrel), ときふせる (to argue down, to confute). (various references)

Korean 

변� 하십시�" (Plead). (various references)

Manx

taishbyney (demonstrate, display, evidence, evince; parade, exhibit, exposure, feature, manifest, produce, production, reveal, revelation, show, show down, show off, sport), resooney (argument, debate, deduction, dialectic, dialectics, reason, reasoning, remonstrate), resoonaghey (rationalisation, rationalize, reason, reasoning), chengleyragh (argumentative, jabber, talkative), arganey (beyond dispute, challenge, debate, reason). (various references)

Maori

totohe (to argue). (various references)

Maya

tutuk-chi' (to argue). (various references)

Norwegian

argumentere, drøfte (discuss). (various references)

Pig Latin

argueay

Polish

spierać się. (various references)

Portuguese

arrazoar, argumentar (contend, maintain, reason, remonstrate, urge, vie), provar (attempt, attest, deraign, evidence, evincive, fit out, make out, prove, sample, savor, savour, show, substantiate, taste, test, testify, to try, try, try on, try out), porfiar (dispute, quarrel, wrangle), disputar (Bicker, contest, disagree, dispute, fight, passage, put up with, quarrel, rencontre, rencounter, run, spar), discutir (agitate, canvass, controvert, debate, deliberate, discourse, discuss, dispute, gainsay, knock off, moot, quarrel, rap, reason, spar, strike off, talk over, traverse, ventilate), demonstrar (approve, demonstrate, evidence, evince, infer, prove, set forth, set out), contender (contend, contest, dispute, vie). (various references)

Romanian

argumenta (motivate), trata (attend, back a bill, banquet, cover, deal, discourse, discuss, doctor, entertain, handle, negotiate, nurse, physic, regale, serve, style, treat, use, work), trage concluzia (infer), tocmi (engage, haggle, indent), susţine (advocate, affirm, allege, assert, back, back up, bear, bear up, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, champion, claim, contend, countenance, defend, encourage, endorse, entertain, Favor, favour, fortify, give countenance to smb., hold, hold up, maintain, pep, promote, prop, reinforce, sanction, second, speed, sponsor, submit, support, underlie, uphold, vindicate), raţiona (ratiocinate, ration, reason), pleda (militate, plead), gâlcevi (altercate, quarrel, squabble), dovedi (accomplish, attest, authenticate, aver, confirm, demonstrate, educe, establish, evidence, evince, furnish evidence of, make good, make out, manifest, overbear, prove, show, substantiate, verify, witness), discuta (agitate, confabulate, converse, debate upon, deliberate, discuss, dispute, go through, haggle, impugn, moot, negotiate, powwow, question, reason, speak, talk, talk over), dezbate (agitate, beat out, break, canvass, contest, controvert, criticize, debate, dispute, fall, review), demonstra (betoken, demonstrate, establish, evince, manifest, point to, prove, show, substantiate), deduce (collect, conclude, deduce, deduct, draw, educe, evolve, gather, induce, infer). (various references)

Russian 

спорить (be at cross-purposes, bicker, chop logic, contest, debate, dispute, haggle, wrangle). (various references)

Scottish

tagair (claim, debate, plead). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

argumentirati, sporečkati, raspravljati (agitate, debate, discuss, polemicize, talk over), prepirati se (altercate, bicker, litigate, squabble, take issue with, wrangle). (various references)

Shona

-ita nharo (to argue). (various references)

Spanish

discutir (agitate, carry on, debate, discuss, dispute, lecture, talk out, talk over, talk through, treat), argumentar. (various references)

Swedish

argumentera. (various references)

Thai

ให้เหตุผล (ascribe), โต้เถียง (bicker, fence). (various references)

Turkish

tartışmak (altercate, bat around, Bicker, brawl, bust, canvass, challenge, contend, controvert, debate, discuss, dispute, have a row with, have a set-to, have words with smb., jangle, join issue with smb., moot, negotiate, set to, spar, take issue with smb., wrangle), savunmak (advocate, argue for smth., assert, champion, declare oneself, defend, fence, fight, justify, line up with, plead, protect, stand up, stand up for, stick up for, vindicate), münakaşa etmek (dispute, join issue with smb., spar, take issue with smb.), karşı gelmek (beard, bridle, buck, controvert, cut across, defy, go against, object to, oppose, recalcitrate, transgress), kandırmak (bait, bamboozle, befool, beguile, cheat, con, cozen, deceive, delude, diddle, dish, dissuade, dupe, entice, fast-talk, finagle, flimflam, fool, gammon, get round, gyp, hornswoggle, induce, intrigue, inveigle, jockey, jolly, kid, lead on, lie, persuade, play with, put across, put over, rope in, sell smb. a pup, serve a trick, spoof, stall off, stick, string, string along, stuff smb., take in, trick, wheedle), itiraz etmek (argue against smth., blow the whistle on, buck, challenge, contest, contravene, demur, deprecate, dispute, except, expostulate, gainsay, interpose, make an objection to, object, object to, oppose, protest, protest against, raise an objection to, remonstrate, take exception to, take objection to), ispatı olmak, ikna etmek (argue smb. into smth., assure, bring, bring over, bring round, cajole, coax, convince, convince smb. of smth., dispose, draw, entice, fast-talk, have a way with, induce, influence, interest, jolly, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, satisfy, sell smb. on, wheedle, win, win smb. round), iddia etmek (affirm, allege, argue for smth., assert, asseverate, attest, aver, claim, contend, declare oneself, enunciate, press home, profess, protest, purport, put forth, put forward), göstergesi olmak, görüşmek (approach, canvass, confer, consult, contact, discuss, get into touch, have a talk with, interview, keep in touch, meet, negotiate, parley, powwow, reason, see, talk), belli etmek (evince, express, give vent to, let on, make clear, register, reveal, shadow, shadow forth, shadow out, show, sound, Telegraph, vent). (various references)

Turkmen 

jedelleюmek, dawalaюmak, зekeleюmek (dispute, quarrel). (various references)

Ukrainian

свідчити (attest, bear testimony, bear witness, depone, evidence, evince, give witness, homologate, militate, proclaim, reveal, swear, tell, testate, testify, witness), спорити, сперечатися (altercate, bandy, contend, contest, dispute, jangle, squabble, thwart, wrangle), твердити (affirm, allege, assert, aver, avouch, claim, depose, predicate, say), обвинувачувати (accuse, arraign, article, bill, delate, denounce, fault, impute, incriminate, inculpate, indict), аргументувати, бути доказом, переконувати (admonish, assure, bring, certify, convince, expostulate, reason, satisfy, talk over, urge), доводити (approve, aver, avouch, demonstrate, evidence, evince, make out, manifest, prove). (various references)

Welsh

ymresymu (reason), pledio (plead), dadlau (advocate, debate, plead). (various references)

alterceris, ambigebant, arguam, arguantur, arguaris, arguas, arguat, arguatur, argue, arguebant, arguebat, arguemur, arguendum, arguens, arguentem, arguenti, arguentur, arguere, argueres, argueret, arguerit, arguet, argui, arguis, arguit, arguite, arguitis, arguitur, arguo, argutare, arguunt, arguuntur, censeo, confligere, decertarent, disputabat, disputando, disputans, disputante, disputantes, disputare, disputavit, disputem, oro. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "argue": argued, arguer, arguers, argues. (additional references)

Words ending with "argue": counterargue, outargue, reargue, redargue. (additional references)

Words containing "argue": barguest, barguests, counterargued, counterargues, marguerite, marguerites, outargued, outargues, reargued, reargues, redargued, redargues, unargued. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Argue" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aegue, Afgie, Afgoi, Afgoye, agrew, agrue, aguey, agume, agure, Aigu, Anghui, Angue, arage, Arcueil, Ardu, ardua, Argaw, arge, argi, Argia, argine, argle, Argov, argu, arguit, Argule, argum, Argun, argute, aroge, arogue, Aroua, aroue, arque, Arrupe, arue, aruga, Arur, Arzu, augua, augue, Azgul, Bargue, Elruge, Jaruga, marguee, ragae, ragu, rangue, zadruga. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: auger, rugae.

-1 letter: ager, ague, gaur, gear, grue, guar, rage, ruga, urea, urge.

-2 letters: age, are, ear, eau, era, erg, gae, gar, rag, reg, rue, rug.

-3 letters: ae, ag, ar, er, re.

+1 letter: aerugo, argued, arguer, argues, augers, gauger, mauger, maugre, rugate, sauger, vaguer.

+2 letters: aerugos, arguers, arguses, auberge, augured, augurer, bearhug, bugbear, burgage, courage, desugar, earplug, garigue, gaucher, gaudery, gaudier, gauffer, gaugers, gaunter, gauzier, granule, graupel, gravure, guarded, guarder, laugher, leaguer, outrage, plaguer, pugaree, reargue, refugia, regauge, regular, rummage, saugers, sevruga, sugared, tegular, umbrage, uneager, upgrade.

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