quarrel

  • 11quarrel — index altercation, argument (contention), bicker, brawl, challenge, collide (clash), commotion …

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  • 12quarrel — The verb has inflected forms quarrelled, quarrelling in BrE, and usually quarreled, quarreling in AmE …

    Modern English usage

  • 13quarrel — I n. 1) to cause, lead to a quarrel (their political differences led to a bitter quarrel) 2) to have, pick, provoke, start a quarrel (he picked a quarrel with his neighbor) 3) to patch up, settle a quarrel 4) a bitter, furious, violent; long… …

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  • 14quarrel — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, serious, violent ▪ family, internal, lovers ▪ personal, private …

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  • 15quarrel — quar|rel1 [ˈkwɔrəl US ˈkwo: , ˈkwa: ] n especially BrE [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: querele complaint , from Latin querela, from queri to complain ] 1.) an angry argument or disagreement ▪ I think they ve had a quarrel . quarrel with ▪ …

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  • 16quarrel — [[t]kwɒ̱rəl, AM kwɔ͟ːr [/t]] quarrels, quarrelling, quarrelled (in AM, use quarreling, quarreled) 1) N COUNT A quarrel is an angry argument between two or more friends or family members. I had a terrible quarrel with my other brothers... It could …

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  • 17quarrel */ — I UK [ˈkwɒrəl] / US [ˈkwɔrəl] noun [countable] Word forms quarrel : singular quarrel plural quarrels 1) an argument, especially one about something unimportant between people who know each other well petty quarrels quarrel about/over: We had the… …

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  • 18quarrel — 01. The young child was woken up by the sound of his parents [quarrelling] in the kitchen. 02. The [quarrel] between the Israelis and the Palestinians has cost thousands of lives over the years. 03. My older sister always [quarrelled] with my… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 19quarrel — quar|rel1 [ kwɔrəl ] noun count * 1. ) an argument, especially one about something unimportant between people who know each other well: petty quarrels quarrel about/over: We had the usual family quarrel about who should take the dog out. quarrel… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20quarrel — 1 noun (C) 1 an angry argument, often about something that is not important (+ with): She got into a silly quarrel with the other children. (+ about/over): What was the quarrel all about? | pick a quarrel (with) (=deliberately start a quarrel):… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English