argument
noun/ˈɑːrɡjumənt/
Слово англійською: argument
Переклад argument українською: аргуме́нт, сва́рка
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] a conversation or discussion in which two or more people disagree, often angrily
- to win/lose an argument
- After some heated argument a decision was finally taken.
- argument with somebody She got into an argument with the teacher.
- argument about/over something He was killed during a violent argument over money.
- argument with somebody about/over something We had an argument with the waiter about the bill.
- argument between A and B Jack was always the one who settled arguments between us.
- [countable] a reason or set of reasons that somebody uses to show that something is true or correct
- a strong/convincing/compelling argument
- to advance/present an argument
- Having heard both sides of the argument, the court will make a decision.
- Her main argument was a moral one.
- argument for/against something There are strong arguments for and against euthanasia.
- The author makes a compelling argument for the use of hydrogen as a fuel.
- argument in favour of something What are the arguments in favour of change?
- argument that… The judge rejected the defence argument that the evidence was too old to be relevant.
- [uncountable] argument (about something) the act of disagreeing in a conversation or discussion using a reason or set of reasons
- Let's assume for the sake of argument (= in order to discuss the problem) that we can't start till March.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘process of reasoning’): via Old French from Latin argumentum, from arguere ‘make clear, prove, accuse’.
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