argument
/ˈɑːɡjʊm(ə)nt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈɑːɡjʊm(ə)nt/
argument
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
ar - gu - ment -> argument
Myanmar meaning
(n) အငြင်းအခုံ။ စကားများခြင်း။ အကျိုးသင့် အကြောင်းသင့် ဆွေးနွေးခြင်း။
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၁။ [C] ~ (with sb) (about/ over sth) အငြင်းအခုံ။ စကားများခြင်း။
get into/ have an argument with the referee (about his decision).
၂။ [U] ~ (about sth) အကျိုးသင့် အကြောင်းသင့် ဆွေးနွေးခြင်း။
We agreed without further argument. ❍ Let's assume for the sake of argument (ie as a basic for discussion) that our subsidy is reduced by half.
၃။ [C] ~(for/ against sth); ~ (that…) အကြောင်းပြချက်။ accept/ reject an argument ❍ There are strong arguments for and against capital punishment. ❍ The government's argument is that they must first aim to beat inflation.
၄။ [C] ဆိုလိုရင်း။ အာဘော်။
More examples
- A heated argument (=extremely angry disagreement)
- [without an argument] : They won’t accept higher prices without an argument.
- [have an argument (with someone)] : I’ve had an argument with my girlfriend.
- [get into an argument (with someone)] : Every time we visit my family, he gets into an argument with my sister.
- [argument about/over] : I try to avoid arguments about money.
- [win/lose an argument] : We can win this argument if we present the facts clearly.
- [argument about/over] : The party is involved in an argument over economic policy.
- The Court of Appeal rejected her arguments.
- His main argument is stated in the opening chapter.
- [argument for/against] : There are powerful arguments against releasing them from prison.
- You could make an argument for working shorter hours.
Synonyms
quarrel, fight, disagreement, dispute, row, spat, squabble, altercation, argumentation, assertion, barney, beef, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush, case, claim, clash, contention, controversy, crusher, debate, defense, difference of opinion, discussion, donnybrook, dustup, exchange, expostulation, face-off, falling, feud, finisher, flap, fuss, gin, go, grounds, hassle, knock down and drag out, knockdown, line of reasoning, logic, out, plea, pleading, polemic, proof, questioning, reason, reasoning, remonstrance, remonstration, rhubarb, romp, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy, static, stew, talking heads, tiff, verbal fight, words, wrangle
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