Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - argument

(arguments) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct. There’s a strong argument for lowering the price... The doctors have set out their arguments against the proposals... N-VAR: oft N for/against n/-ing, N that 2. An argument is a discussion or debate in which a number of people put forward different or opposing opinions. The incident has triggered fresh arguments about the role of the extreme right in France... = debate N-VAR: oft N about/over n 3. An argument is a conversation in which people disagree with each other angrily or noisily. Anny described how she got into an argument with one of the marchers. ...a heated argument. N-COUNT: oft N with n, N between pl-n 4. If you accept something without argument, you do not question it or disagree with it. He complied without argument... = question N-UNCOUNT: with brd-neg 5. see also counter-argument