transcription, транскрипция: [ ɑ:(r)gjʊmənt ]
( arguments)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
There’s a strong argument for lowering the price...
The doctors have set out their arguments against the proposals...
N-VAR : oft N for/against n / -ing , N that
2.
An argument is a discussion or debate in which a number of people put forward different or opposing opinions.
The incident has triggered fresh arguments about the role of the extreme right in France...
= debate
N-VAR : oft N about/over n
3.
An argument is a conversation in which people disagree with each other angrily or noisily.
Anny described how she got into an argument with one of the marchers.
...a heated argument.
N-COUNT : oft N with n , N between pl-n
4.
If you accept something without argument , you do not question it or disagree with it.
He complied without argument...
= question
N-UNCOUNT : with brd-neg
5.
see also counter-argument