See Also: argument(medicine)
Argument(law)
argument(1)(dictionary)
argument(2)(dictionary)
argument(dictionary)
Closing Argument(law)
ARGUMENT LIST(law)
ARGUMENT, practice(law)
transcendental argument(encyclopedia)
ontological argument(encyclopedia)

argument (oh)




[C] a situation in which two or more people disagree, often angrily
-synonym disagreement disagreement argument with
::I broke the vase during an argument with my husband.
argument about/over
::an argument about who was responsible for the accident
::Henning told the police that she and her husband had an argument before he left.
::I got into an argument with the other driver.
::Shelton and the woman had a heated argument (=very angry one) .
::a fierce argument between the two politicians
win/lose an argument
::The party hopes to win the argument about how to reform the health system.
[C] a set of reasons that show that something is true or untrue, right or wrong etc
::We need to provide a convincing argument as to why the system should be changed.
argument for/against
::a powerful argument against smoking
::A good argument can be made for comparing the IT revolution with the invention of writing itself.
::the arguments in favour of banning tobacco advertising
argument that
::the familiar argument that the costs outweigh the benefits
[U] when you disagree with something or question whether it is right
do sth without (further) argument
::Ian accepted the suggestion without argument.
for the sake of argument
(=in order to discuss all the possibilities)
::If, for the sake of argument, you aren't offered the job, what will you do?