argue
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
present reasons and arguments
Types & categories
- present hypernym
- re-argue hyponym
- expostulate hyponym
- defend hyponym
Related & opposite
- intellect derivation
- logical argument derivation
- argumentation derivation
- debater derivation
- reasoner derivation
- reasonableness derivation
- arguable derivation
Sense 2 verb
have an argument about something
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- argumentation derivation
- controversy derivation
- debater derivation
- moot derivation
- argumentative derivation
- disagree entails
Sense 3 verb
give evidence of
The evidence argues for your claim
Types & categories
- present hypernym
Related & opposite
- logical argument derivation
- meter reading derivation
- argument derivation
- indication derivation
- indication derivation
- argumentation derivation
- revelatory derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | intellect |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | logical argument |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | debater |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reasoner |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reasonableness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | arguable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | present |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | re-argue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | expostulate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | defend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | debater |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentative |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | disagree |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | converse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stickle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spar |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bicker |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quarrel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | oppose |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | logical argument |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | meter reading |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | argument |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | indication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | argumentation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | revelatory |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | present |