argument




argument - noun

  • a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  • a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  • a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
  • a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
  • (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
  • a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
  • a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
  • argument - thesaurus

    arguing   argumentation   contention   contestation   controversy   debate   disceptation   disputation   line   parameter   statement   tilt