noun
- A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.
- usage: "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
- synonyms: statement
- A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
- usage: "they were involved in a violent argument"
- synonyms: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing
- A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal.
- usage: "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
- synonyms: argumentation, debate
- A summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie.
- usage: "the editor added the argument to the poem"
- synonyms: literary argument
- Computer science. ( a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program)
- synonyms: 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.
- usage: "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
- synonyms: argumentation, logical argument, line of reasoning, line