väitellä — meaning in English

English meaning

• argue verb To exchange differing opinions, often heatedly.
• bate verb To make something weaker or less strong.
• contend verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
• debate verb To argue a topic formally, usually presenting opposing sides.
• discourse noun Serious conversation or communication, spoken or written, on a particular subject.
• discuss verb To talk over a topic with someone, weighing different views.
• dispute noun A disagreement or argument between people, often a formal or ongoing one.
• wrangle verb To argue or quarrel at length, often noisily.

Senses

väitellä is used for these senses in English:

• argue (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
• argue (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
• bate (intransitive) To contend or strive with blows or arguments.
• contend (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
• debate (ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. [from 14th c.]
• discourse To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
• dispute to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
• wrangle To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling.

argue — full definition

1. verb To exchange differing opinions, often heatedly.
2. verb To give reasons in support of a position.

bate — full definition

1. verb To make something weaker or less strong.
2. verb To hold something back, often while waiting eagerly for what comes next.
3. verb To take something away or get rid of it.
4. verb To not include something; to leave it out.

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