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Definition argument

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Latin argumentum (“proof, evidence, token, subject, contents”), from argu? (“to prove, argue”); see argue.

Noun

argument (countable and uncountable, plural arguments)

1. A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
2. A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
3. A process of reasoning.
4. (philosophy, logic) 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. (mathematics) The independent variable of a function.
6. (mathematics) The phase of a complex number.
7. (programming) A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.
8. (programming) A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
9. (linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
10. (astronomy) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.
11. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
12. Matter for question; business in hand.

Verb

argument (third-person singular simple present arguments, present participle argumenting, simple past and past participle argumented)

1. To put forward as an argument; to argue.

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