argue

== English == === Etymology === 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 === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ɡjuː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹ.ɡju/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡju === Verb === 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. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle. Synonyms: submit, spar (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel. Synonyms: altercate, bicker, wrangle, remonstrate (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor). (obsolete, transitive) To prove. (obsolete, transitive) To accuse. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== argument argumentative argumentation ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “argue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “argue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Auger, Gauer, Graue, auger, augre, rugae == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin *arganum (“capstan”), variation of organum (“instrument, tool”). Doublet of àrguens, òrgan, and orgue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈar.ɡə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈaɾ.ɣe] === Noun === argue m (plural argues) winch, windlass ==== Related terms ==== arganell àrguens òrgan === Further reading === “argue”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Chinese == === Alternative forms === 丫撬 (aa1 giu4) === Etymology === From English argue. Doublet of 拗撬 (aau3 giu6). === Pronunciation === === Verb === argue (Hong Kong Cantonese) to argue 我唔敢同佢argue架 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]From: 2021, Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese, Recontextualisation and advocacy in the translation zone, Text & Talk, volume 41, number 1, page 14ngo5 m4 gam2 tung4 keoi5 aa1 giu4 gaa3 [Jyutping]I don't dare argue with him === References === English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aʁ.ɡy/ === Verb === argue inflection of arguer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === auger, Auger urgea == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈar.ɡu.ɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈar.ɡu.e] === Verb === argue second-person singular present active imperative of arguō