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Noun: argument aa(r)gyumunt- A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
"it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" - statement - A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
"they were involved in a violent argument" - controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing - A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
"the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" - argumentation, debate - A summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
"the editor added the argument to the poem" - literary argument - (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
- parameter - A variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
- A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line
Derived forms: arguments See also: argue Type of: abstract thought, address, computer address, conflict, difference, difference of opinion, discussion, dispute, evidence, give-and-take, logical thinking, reasoning, reference, summary, sum-up, value, variable, variable quantity, word Encyclopedia: Argument |