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# argue

«argue» in Mova's school dictionary: **to speak angrily with someone because you disagree** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (argue, argues, argued, arguing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To argue means to speak angrily with someone because you disagree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#m1)

2) To argue means to give reasons why you think something is true or right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and feelings, brothers, sisters and friends argue sometimes; it helps to calm down, listen, take turns and find a fair answer; shouting or hitting is not OK. In school, «argue» also means give reasons: in a debate or a persuasive essay you argue for or against something, using evidence. In maths, «explain your reasoning» is a kind of arguing. In stories, characters argue and then make up.

### examples

- My brother and I argue about the remote. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#x1)
- Don't argue; just share it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#x2)
- They argued about whose turn it was. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#x3)
- She argued that school should start later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#x4)
- Argue your point with facts and reasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#x5)
- They stopped arguing and made up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#x6)
- It's no use arguing with the referee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#x7)
- I tried to argue with him, but in vain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/#x8)

### note

Verb forms: argues, argued, arguing (drop the e). Noun «argument» (no e: argument, not «arguement»). «Argue with someone about something». An argument in school writing is a set of reasons, not a fight.

### In the corpora

- [A rough patch is a hard time in a relationship, with more arguing or unhappiness, and many couples come through it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/14-grown-ups-who-argue-and-make-up/10/)
- [They may feel guilty, tired or argue about it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/4/)
- [Scene: at Christmas dinner in Leeds, Grandad and Auntie Jo argue about the government until the gravy goes cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/4/)
- [Most people accept tax as the price of public services; they argue about how much and what it is spent on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/16/)
- [The sign, the selling and the arguing were all added on the way.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/42-our-street-feuds-newcomers-and-stories-that-grow/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «argue» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argue/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.