argument

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Synonyms: arguement, augment, argent, armament, tegument, adjument, arguments, assument, reargument, argumenta, arment

Antonyms: arguement, augment, argent, armament, tegument, adjument, arguments, assument, reargument, argumenta, arment

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Noun

1. A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
2. 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.
3. A process of reasoning; argumentation.
4. 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; the contents themselves.
5. A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
   • The neighbours got into an argument about the branches of the trees that extended over the fence.
6. Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
   • Steve got in a physical argument with his neighbor and came away with a black eye.
   • While biking home, he got in an argument with the pavement.
7. Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
8. The independent variable of a function. The phase of a complex number. A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
   • The altitude is the argument of the refraction.
9. The independent variable of a function.
10. The phase of a complex number.
11. A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
    • The altitude is the argument of the refraction.
12. A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
    • Parameters are like labelled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks.
13. A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
    • Parameters are like labelled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks.
14. A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
15. A matter in question; a business in hand. The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
16. A matter in question; a business in hand.
17. The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
18. Evidence, proof; an item of such evidence or proof.

Verb

1. To put forward as an argument; to argue.
2. To adduce evidence, to provide proof.

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