final argument

collocation in English

meaningsoffinalandargument

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final
adjective
uk
/ˈfaɪ.nəl/us
/ˈfaɪ.nəl/
last:
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition offinalandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffinal argument

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Thefinalargumentis attached to the left of the verb.
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Afinalargumentin favour of consolidation is its long-term development potential.
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Afinalargumentagainst chronic stimulation is its much higher cost.
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I want briefly to add afinalargumentand illustrate it with a case study.
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We have thus seen, once again, that if (1) is true, (2) is not, and have thus given afinalargumentfor (3).
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Afinalargumentcan be put forward to confirm this identification.
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In thefinalargumentthe criterion of personal merit is made central.
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Its composition parallels her poetry-making in this one respect : the final effect is the result of carefully arranged images taken from diverse sources, all contributing to thefinalargument.
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Afinalargumentin favour of laryngeal lowering to explain blocking is that there is no evidence for any other factor that could potentially relate voicing to vowel height.
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In addition, however, afinalargumentgeneration mechanism is responsible for deciding what response to actually send to the counterpart and what (if any) arguments should accompany the response.
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That his interest was not in the rights of children as individual, present citizens of the nation is evident in the way he presented thefinalargument.
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Afinalargumentwhich applies to all three is that this additional information needs to refer to units of grammatical information already described in the grammar.
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Thefinalargumentis that in broader thinking about the role of the state, its role should evolve from direct supplier of social services towards regulator of their supply.
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It was ourfinalargumentin the battle for equality.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I put onefinalargumentfor some sort of control.
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There is onefinalargumentabout it, and it is the mostfinalargumentof all.
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Thefinalargumentis that this is retrospective.
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I am using that not as afinalargumentbut only as a relevant consideration.
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Thefinalargumentagainst it is that it would tend to discourage capital improvement.
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