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noun. A discussion in which disagreement is expressed; a debate.

noun. A quarrel; a dispute.

noun. A reason or matter for dispute or contention.

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noun. A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth or falsehood.

noun. A fact or statement put forth as proof or evidence; a reason.

noun. A set of statements in which one follows logically as a conclusion from the others.

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noun. A summary or short statement of the plot or subject of a literary work.

noun. A topic; a subject.

noun. The minor premise in a syllogism.

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noun. The independent variable of a function.

noun. The angle of a complex number measured from the positive horizontal axis.

noun. A value used to evaluate a procedure or subroutine.

noun. A word, phrase, or clause in a semantic relation with a word or phrase and that helps complete the meaning of that word or phrase, such as a noun phrase that is the object of a verb. The clause that we go is an argument of the verb suggest in the sentence I suggest that we go.

To argue; debate; bring forward reasons.

To make the subject of an argument or debate.

noun. A statement or fact tending to produce belief concerning a matter in doubt; a premise or premises set forth in order to prove an assumption or conclusion.

noun. [This, the familiar meaning of the word, probably originated in Roman law-courts. The usual definition given by Cicero and almost all authorities is ratio rei dubiœ faciens fidem, a reason causing belief of a doubtful matter. Boëtius in one place defines it as a medium proving a conclusion. The word medium here means a premise, or premises, according to all the commentators. (Petrus Hisp., tr. v. ad init.) But since medium usually means the middle term of a syllogism, some logicians have been led to give argument this signification.]

noun. The middle term of a syllogism.

noun. A reasoning; the process by which the connection between that which is or is supposed to be admitted and that which is doubted or supposed to need confirmation is traced or tested.

noun. An address or composition made for the purpose of producing belief or conviction by reasoning or persuasion.

noun. A series of argumentations for and against a proposition; a debate.

noun. The subject-matter or groundwork of a discourse or writing; specifically, an abstract or summary of the chief points in a book or section of a book: as, the arguments prefixed to the several books of “Paradise Lost” were an afterthought.

noun. Matter of contention, controversy, or conversation.

noun. In mathematics: Of an imaginary quantity, the coefficient of the imaginary unit in its logarithm.

noun. The angle or quantity on which a series of numbers in a numerical table depends and with which the table is entered.

noun. When one variable is dependent upon another, the dependent variable is called a function of the other variable, which is then called the argument of the function.

intransitive verb. To make an argument; to argue.

noun. Proof; evidence.

noun. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words.

noun. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.

noun. 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.

noun. Matter for question; business in hand.

noun. The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.

noun. The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.

noun. A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

noun. A verbal dispute; a quarrel.

noun. A process of reasoning.

noun. 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.

noun. The independent variable of a function.

noun. A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.

noun. A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.

noun. Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.

noun. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

noun. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

noun. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

noun. a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie