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Definition of quarrel verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quarrel

verb
 
/ˈkwɒrəl/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəl/
 [intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quarrel
 
/ˈkwɒrəl/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəl/
he / she / it quarrels
 
/ˈkwɒrəlz/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəlz/
past simple quarrelled
 
/ˈkwɒrəld/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəld/
past participle quarrelled
 
/ˈkwɒrəld/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəld/
(US English) past simple quarreled
 
/ˈkwɒrəld/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəld/
(US English) past participle quarreled
 
/ˈkwɒrəld/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəld/
-ing form quarrelling
 
/ˈkwɒrəlɪŋ/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəlɪŋ/
(US English) -ing form quarreling
 
/ˈkwɒrəlɪŋ/
 
/ˈkwɑːrəlɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to have an angry argument or disagreement
    • My ex and I used to quarrel all the time.
    • quarrel with somebody He wished he hadn't quarrelled with Tania.
    • quarrel about something What did you two quarrel about?
    • quarrel over something We tend to quarrel over money.
    • quarrel with somebody about something I didn't want to quarrel with Tyler about weekend plans.
    • quarrel with somebody over something She quarrelled with her brother over their father's will.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • bitterly
    • fiercely
    • violently
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • over
    • with
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘reason for disagreement with a person’): from Old French querele, from Latin querel(l)a ‘complaint’, from queri ‘complain’.
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