argument

IPA: ˈɑrgjʌmʌnt

(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(logic, philosophy) 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.
(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
(countable) 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; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
(countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
(by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
(countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
(countable, mathematics)
The independent variable of a function.
The phase of a complex number.
(also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
(countable, programming)
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
(countable, obsolete)
A matter in question; a business in hand.
The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
(uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.

(intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
(intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.

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