argument

[ahr-gyuh-muhnt] / ˈɑr gyə mənt /

NOUN

verbal fight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

altercation bickering brawl clash controversy debate disagreement dispute exchange feud quarrel squabble

STRONG

beef blowup bone brush crusher dustup face-off finisher flap fuss gin go hassle knockdown out rhubarb romp row ruckus ruction rumpus run-in scene scrap set-to shindy spat static stew tiff words wrangle

WEAK

bone of contention bone to pick brannigan difference of opinion donnybrook falling-out knock-down-drag-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreement harmony peace

STRONG

calm

NOUN

effort to convince; presentation of support

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assertion case claim contention debate discussion exchange logic plea questioning reason reasoning

STRONG

argumentation defense expostulation grounds pleading polemic proof remonstrance remonstration

WEAK

line of reasoning

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An appeals court in Washington, D.C. last week said it would review arguments in the lawsuit for a second time, signaling that the legal fight over the CFPB’s future could draw on for months longer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those numbers could have been used in a statistical computation, but they weren’t by themselves a statistical argument.

From The Wall Street Journal

This would neutralize the board’s argument about Paramount’s “illusory” financing.

From MarketWatch

He said retailers' arguments of higher operating costs had "now been clearly rejected" by the CMA.

From BBC

And there is some coherence to this argument.

From BBC

argument

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