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streiten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • argue verb To exchange differing opinions, often heatedly.
  • compete verb To try to win or do better than others in a contest, market, or rivalry.
  • contend verb To compete or struggle against someone or something.
  • contest noun A competition in which people try to win or achieve the best result.
  • differ verb To be unlike something else in one or more ways.
  • fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
  • quarrel noun An angry argument or dispute, especially between people who know each other.
  • row noun A straight line of people or things placed next to each other.
  • spat noun A brief, minor argument or quarrel.
  • wrangle verb To argue or quarrel at length, often noisily.

Senses

streiten is used for these senses in English:

  • argue (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
  • contend (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
  • contest (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
  • differ (intransitive, people, groups, etc.) To have diverging opinions, disagree.
  • fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
  • quarrel (intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
  • row (intransitive) To argue noisily.
  • spat (intransitive, originally, US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.

argue — full definition

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

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