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# argumentative

«argumentative» in Mova's school dictionary: **Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more argumentative, most argumentative)

### meaning for a pupil

Argumentative describes someone who likes to argue and disagree, even about small things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a character who is argumentative picks quarrels and will not let others have the last word

### examples

- He was so argumentative that he argued about everything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/#x1)
- Don't be argumentative; just listen for once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/#x2)
- The argumentative boy would not stop disagreeing with the teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/argumentative/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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