argument

argument
noun
1 (C) a situation in which two or more people disagree, often angrily
(+ with): an argument with my husband (+ about/over): The argument seemed to be about who was going to take the cat to the vet. | have an argument: They were having an argument about the children. | get into an argument: I got into an argument with the other driver. | win/lose an argument: He lost his argument with the doctor. | heated argument (=very angry argument)
2 (C) a set of reasons that show that something is true or untrue, right or wrong etc: Rose's argument is complex and ingenious.
(+ for/against): a powerful argument against smoking | argument that: the familiar argument that the costs outweigh the benefits
3 (U) the act of disagreeing or questioning something: do sth without (further) argument: Seamus accepted the suggestion without argument. | for the sake of argument (=in order to discuss all the possibilities): Let's say for the sake of argument that you don't take the job, then what?

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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