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Argument   /ˈɑrgjəmənt/   Listen
Argument

noun
1.
A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true.  Synonym: statement.
2.
A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.  Synonyms: arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt.
3.
A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal.  Synonyms: argumentation, debate.
4.
A summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie.  Synonym: literary argument.
5.
(computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program.  Synonym: parameter.
6.
A variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable.
7.
A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning.  Synonyms: argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument.



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"Argument" Quotes from Famous Books



... voice, the sweetness of which the Syrens might envy, warbles the harmonious song in praise of the young adventurer; and again, the next day, or, perhaps the next hour, with fiery eyes, wrinkled brows, and foaming lips, roars forth treason and nonsense in a political argument with some fair one of ...
— Amelia (Complete) • Henry Fielding
... and a sound argument generally win the day. Edward submitted at last to be arrayed in the woodman's homely garments, and was grateful for the warmth they afforded; for he was feeling the bitter cold of the northern latitude, and was desperately tired from his long day and night of walking. ...
— In the Wars of the Roses - A Story for the Young • Evelyn Everett-Green
... of buoying a thought, knowing just where to take it up after an interruption and deftly splicing it in continuous line, sometimes after a long interval. When about to begin the preparation of the argument which was to sustain triumphantly the claim of the United States in the boundary question, he wrote from Berlin for copies of documents filed in the office of the Navy Department, which he remembered were there ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various
... officials and commanders of the armed forces and their allies in Congress—took the position that black servicemen were difficult to train and undependable in battle. They cited the performance of large black combat units during the world wars as support for their argument. They also rationalized their opposition to integration by saying that the armed forces should not be an instrument of social change and that the services could only reflect the social mores of the society from which they sprang. Thus, in their view, integration not only hindered the services' basic ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.
... force of the argument, and followed his companion's example, both listening the while and hearing the men ...
— Cormorant Crag - A Tale of the Smuggling Days • George Manville Fenn


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