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[ verb ] present reasons and arguments
Synonyms Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Mayer_Goldberg , attorney for election judges in the 58 th precinct of the 23 d ward , argued this procedure constituted intimidation . (The Sun, [Baltimore]...)The proposal was made by Dr._David_S._Jenkins after he and Mrs._D._Ellwood_Williams , Jr. , a board_member and long-time critic of the superintendent , argued for about fifteen minutes at this week 's meeting . (The New York Times,...)After Cuba and Laos , it was argued , Mr._Khrushchev will interpret the President 's consent to the meeting as further evidence of Western weakness - perhaps even panic - and is certain to try to exploit the advantage he now believes he holds . (William Gomberg, "Unions and the Anti-Trust Laws"...)Once_more the fallacious equation is advanced to argue that since business is restricted under the anti-monopoly laws , there must be a corresponding restriction against labor_unions : the law must treat everybody equally . However , one can argue that no such control is necessary as long as one pretends that the anti-trust laws are effective and rational . Related terms present defend re-argue expostulate argument argumentation rationality |
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[ verb ] have an argument about something
Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)Some of us might be inclined to argue , in_fact , that an independence of mind and action and an intolerance of regimentation , either mental or physical , are particularly Southern traits . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)It argued , inter_alia , that a divestiture order would severely depress the market_value of the stock of both General_Motors and du_Pont , with consequent serious loss and hardship to hundreds of thousands of innocent investors , among them thousands of small trusts and charitable institutions ; that there would be a similar decline in the market_values of other automotive and chemical stocks , with similar losses to the stockholders of those companies ; that the tremendous volume of General_Motors stock hanging over the market for ten years would hamper the efforts of General_Motors and other automobile manufacturers to raise equity capital ; and that all this would have a serious adverse effect on the entire stock_market and on general business_activity . |
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[ verb ] give evidence of
Synonyms Examples "The evidence argues for your claim" "The results indicate the need for more work" Related terms |
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