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(v)
(intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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(n)
An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
(intransitive) To contend.
An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
(transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.
(intransitive, also figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
(transitive) To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending.
(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
To convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately). [(usually) with to (+ infinitive)]
(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
(intransitive) To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(intransitive) To communicate, usually by means of speech.
(intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
(transitive) To clear of an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
To request or petition.
(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
(transitive) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege.
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
(transitive, intransitive) To assert or announce formally, officially, explicitly, or emphatically.
(transitive) To help keep from falling.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
(transitive) To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
(transitive) To look at.
(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
(transitive) To become aware of; to observe.
(transitive) To maintain, or keep in existence.
(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
(transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
(intransitive) To make a strong objection.
To intend.
(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
(adj)
That supports.
(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
(transitive) To display, demonstrate, show, or present.
(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
To demand ownership of.
(transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
(intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
(transitive) To create.
(transitive) To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
(intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
(ambitransitive, copulative) To present (an argument or a plea), especially in a legal case.
(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.
To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection.
(intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
(transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
To give force or effect toward; to influence.
(transitive) To pronounce.
(intransitive) To call upon someone for a favour, help, etc.
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
(transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
(transitive, figuratively) To give support to; to form a basis of; to corroborate.
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
(transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
(transitive) To declare to be a fact.
To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
A minor fight or argument.
To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
(intransitive) To object with in critical fashion; to express disapproval (with, against).
(intransitive) To protest or remonstrate; to reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of conduct [(often) with with].
(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
(intransitive) To engage in argument.
To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
(transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect.
(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.
To find fault (with something).
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
(transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
(intransitive) To formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject.