argument

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argument Definition

• (n) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
• (n) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
• (n) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
• (n) a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"
• (n) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

argument Synonyms

• arguing
• argument
• argumentation
• contention
• contestation
• controversy
• debate
• disceptation
• disputation
• literary argument
• statement
• tilt