argument
Từ điển Collocation
argument noun
1 angry discussion
ADJ. angry, bitter, heated, violent | big I had a big argument with my mother this morning. | little, silly, stupid
VERB + ARGUMENT become/get involved in, get into, have I don't want to get into an argument with her. | cause, provoke, start | lose, win I was determined to win the argument.
ARGUMENT + VERB arise, break out, develop, erupt Minutes later a violent argument erupted.
PREP. ~ about We had an argument about what we should buy. | ~ between an argument between her parents | ~ over The argument over decentralization will probably continue for ever. | ~ with an argument with his wife
2 reason supporting opinion
ADJ. basic, general | main | good, major, powerful, sound, strong, valid | compelling, conclusive, convincing, persuasive | plausible Their argument sounds plausible but is it really valid? | spurious, tenuous, weak | balanced | logical, rational, reasoned | economic, moral, political, theoretical
VERB + ARGUMENT advance, deploy, offer, present, put forward He put forward some very convincing arguments. | develop This argument is developed further in the next chapter. | illustrate, support, underline Do you have any evidence to support your argument? | consider, hear, listen to | accept, agree with | dismiss, reject The company dismissed his arguments as alarmist. | counter, refute She tried to think how to refute the argument on moral grounds.
ARGUMENT + VERB be based on sth The government's argument is always based on how much such a scheme would cost. | go, run Centralized government, so the argument goes, is too far removed from the problems of ordinary citizens. | apply (for sth) The same argument applies to fox-hunting. | justify sth | suggest sth These arguments suggest that the medical establishment had an interest in suppressing the research.
PREP. ~ against the arguments against increasing taxes | ~ concerning arguments concerning the nature of morality | ~ for There is a very good argument for increasing spending on education. | ~ in favour of What are the arguments in favour of change?
PHRASES all/both sides of an argument He was able to see both sides of the argument. | a flaw in the argument I can see no flaw in the argument as she has just explained it. | a line of argument I can see a few problems with this line of argument.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; statement
it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true
- a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing
they were involved in a violent argument
- a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; argumentation, debate
the argument over foreign aid goes on and on
- a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; literary argument
the editor added the argument to the poem
- a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. An independent variable, used with an operator or passed to a subprogram that uses the argument to carry out specific operations. See also algorithm, operator (definition 1), parameter, subprogram.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
arguments
syn.: arguing argumentation contention contestation controversy debate disceptation disputation literary argument statement tilt