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argument

UK /ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/US /ˈɑɹɡjʊmənt/

noun15

  1. A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
  2. a fight in words, often loud and angry, over something two people or sides see differently
  3. (humorous, euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
  4. A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
  5. A process of reasoning; argumentation.
  6. The independent variable of a function.
  7. A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
  8. A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
  9. A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
  10. An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
  11. Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
  12. The phase of a complex number.
  13. (no longer used) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
  14. (no longer used) The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
  15. (no longer used) A matter in question; a business in hand.

verb2

  1. (nonstandard, no longer used) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
  2. (no longer used) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
forms

argumented · argumentedst · argumenting · argumenteth · arguments · argumentest

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