argue

argue
verb
1) ((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, diskutere
2) ((with for, against) to suggest reasons for or for not doing something: I argued for/against accepting the plan.) argumentere for/mot
3) ((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
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- argument
- argumentative
argumentere
verb \/ˈɑːɡjuː\/
1) argumentere, diskutere
• several things argue against the proposal
det er flere ting som taler mot forslaget
• they argued the point for hours without reaching any agreement
2) diskutere, krangle, trette, kjekle
• don't argue with me!
ikke protester!
• my parents are always arguing over money
foreldrene mine krangler alltid om penger
3) påstå, hevde, gjøre gjeldende
• it could be argued that building a new city hall is a waste of money
4) røpe, vitne om
• his accent argues him to be a foreigner
aksenten hans røper at han er utlending
• her way of handling the case argued an excellent knowledge of psychology
måten hun håndterte saken på, vitnet om fremragende kunnskaper i psykologi
5) (om synspunkt e.l.) legge frem, forsvare
• argue one's own case
føre sin (egen) sak
argue against something argumentere mot noe
argue away something bortforklare noe
argue for something argumentere for noe kjempe for noe
argue somebody into something overtale noen til (å gjøre) noe
argue somebody out of something snakke noen fra (å gjøre) noe
argue the toss se ➢ toss
argue with somebody about\/over something krangle med noen om noe

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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