- argue
- verb1) ((with with someone, about something) to quarrel with (a person) or discuss (something) with a person in a not very friendly way: I'm not going to argue; Will you children stop arguing with each other about whose toy that is!) krangle, trette, diskutere2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) argumentere for/mot3) ((with into, out of) to persuade (a person) (not) to do something: I'll try to argue him into going; He argued her out of buying the dress.) overtale (til)4) (to discuss, giving one's reasoning: She argued the point very cleverly.) forsvare, diskutere•- arguable- argument
- argumentativeargumentereverb \/ˈɑːɡjuː\/1) argumentere, diskutere• several things argue against the proposaldet er flere ting som taler mot forslaget• they argued the point for hours without reaching any agreement2) diskutere, krangle, trette, kjekle• don't argue with me!ikke protester!• my parents are always arguing over moneyforeldrene mine krangler alltid om penger3) påstå, hevde, gjøre gjeldende• it could be argued that building a new city hall is a waste of money4) røpe, vitne om• his accent argues him to be a foreigneraksenten hans røper at han er utlending• her way of handling the case argued an excellent knowledge of psychologymåten hun håndterte saken på, vitnet om fremragende kunnskaper i psykologi5) (om synspunkt e.l.) legge frem, forsvare• argue one's own caseføre sin (egen) sakargue against something argumentere mot noeargue away something bortforklare noeargue for something argumentere for noe kjempe for noeargue somebody into something overtale noen til (å gjøre) noeargue somebody out of something snakke noen fra (å gjøre) noeargue the toss se ➢ tossargue with somebody about\/over something krangle med noen om noe
English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.