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March 18
argument
n
(
countable
,
also
figuratively
)
A
fact
or
statement
used
to
support
a
proposition
; a
reason
.
(
logic
,
philosophy
)
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
.
(
countable
)
A
process
of
reasoning
;
argumentation
.
(
countable
)
An
abstract
or
summary
, as of the
contents
of a
book
,
chapter
, or
poem
;
(
figuratively
)
the contents themselves.
(
countable
)
A
verbal
dispute
; a
quarrel
.
(
countable
,
linguistics
)
Any of the
phrases
that
bears
a
syntactic
connection
to the
verb
of a
clause
.
(
countable
,
mathematics
)
The
independent
variable
of a
function
.
The
phase
of a
complex number
.
(
also
astronomy
)
A
quantity
on which the
calculation
of another quantity
depends
.
(
countable
,
programming
)
A
value
, or a
reference
to a value,
passed
to a function.
A
parameter
at a function
call
; an
actual parameter
, as
opposed
to a
formal parameter
.
(
countable
,
obsolete
)
A
matter
in question
; a
business
in hand
.
The
subject matter
of an
artistic
representation
,
discourse
, or
writing
; a
theme
or
topic
.
(
uncountable
,
archaic
)
Evidence
,
proof
;
(
countable
)
an
item
of such evidence or proof.
argument
v
(
intransitive
,
obsolete
,
also now
nonstandard
,
non-native speakers
’ English
)
To
put forward
as an
argument
; to
argue
.
(
intransitive
,
obsolete
)
To
adduce
evidence
, to
provide
proof
.
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