| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, word (used in plural), wrangle. Informal : hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See CONFLICT. 2. The presentation of an argument or arguments: argumentation, disputation, forensics. See AFFIRM, WORDS. | | VERB: | To put forth reasons for or against something, often excitedly: argue, contend, dispute, moot. See AFFIRM, WORDS.
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