argument
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 →
2) An argument is a reason or set of reasons given to show that something is right or true. tree →
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 →
- They made up after the argument. tree →
- Give a good argument for your opinion. tree →
- What is the best argument for a longer break? tree →
- An argument can be solved by talking calmly. tree →
- Her argument was full of good facts. tree →
- The argument got loud, so a teacher came over. tree →
- There are arguments for and against school uniform. tree →
- “But I like arguments,” said the Rocket. tree →
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.
- Sometimes a relative is left out of a family event after an argument the grown-ups think is private.
- Family arguments about politics are very common, because big choices affect everybody and people's views come from their own lives.
- Seeing parents make up after an argument is a good thing: people can disagree and still love each other.
- Arguments on TV get people watching, so some are allowed or even planned; that does not make shouting a good idea.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «argument» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.