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