argue
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡjuː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡju
Verb edit
argue (third-person singular simple present argues, present participle arguing, simple past and past participle argued)
- To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Soul of Laploshka”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 69:
- 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.
- (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.
- 2022 October 28, Charles Hugh Smith, What Does Liberation Mean in the Real World?[1]:
- There is no arguing with true believers in any ideology or arrangement in which the self-interest of those in power is the organizing principle of the system.
- (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.
- 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 192:
- Food manufacturers would argue that food additives and chemical-laden packaging extend shelf life, keep food production costs down, and enhance flavors; chemical manufacturers would argue that their various pesticides and herbicides protect crops and help farmers.
- (obsolete, transitive) To prove.
- (obsolete, transitive) To accuse.
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Translations edit
to debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints
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to have an argument, a quarrel
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to present a viewpoint
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Further reading edit
- “argue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “argue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin *arganum (“capstan”), variation of organum (“instrument, tool”).
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Noun edit
argue m (plural argues)
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Further reading edit
- “argue” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese edit
Alternative forms edit
- 丫撬 (aa1 giu4)
Etymology edit
From English argue. Doublet of 拗撬 (aau3 giu6).
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argue
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to argue
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argue
- inflection of arguer:
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡu.e/, [ˈärɡuɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈar.ɡu.e/, [ˈärɡue]
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argue