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# argument

«argument» in Mova's school dictionary: **an angry talk or quarrel between people who 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

noun (an argument, arguments)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An argument is an angry talk or quarrel between people who disagree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#m1)

2) An argument is a reason or set of reasons given to show that something is right or true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In friendship and feelings lessons: arguments happen to everyone; stay calm, listen, take turns and say how you feel. In English and debate lessons, a good argument gives reasons and evidence for your opinion, and persuasive writing uses arguments. In maths, an argument can be the reasoning that shows an answer is right. Phrases: have an argument, win an argument, an argument for, an argument against.

### examples

- My sister and I had an argument about the TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x1)
- They made up after the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x2)
- Give a good argument for your opinion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x3)
- What is the best argument for a longer break? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x4)
- An argument can be solved by talking calmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x5)
- Her argument was full of good facts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x6)
- The argument got loud, so a teacher came over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x7)
- There are arguments for and against school uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x8)
- “But I like arguments,” said the Rocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argument/#x9)

### note

Spelled argument, not «arguement»: the e of argue is dropped. Countable. Verb: argue. An argument (reasons) does not have to be angry.

### In the corpora

- [Lending money to friends can cause arguments, so many grown-ups only lend what they could afford to lose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/22/)
- [Sometimes a relative is left out of a family event after an argument the grown-ups think is private.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/17/)
- [Family arguments about politics are very common, because big choices affect everybody and people's views come from their own lives.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/12/)
- [Seeing parents make up after an argument is a good thing: people can disagree and still love each other.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/7/)
- [Arguments on TV get people watching, so some are allowed or even planned; that does not make shouting a good idea.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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