argue

Other forms of argue

past tense

argued·

present participle

arguing·

third person

argues·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about argue

What does argue mean?

argue means "present reasons and arguments". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in argue?

argue has 2 syllables: ar-gue. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹɡju/.

What is another word for argue?

Close synonyms include reason, contend, debate, fence, indicate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is argue a common word?

argue is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.