argument
/ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason; a reason.; 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
- plural
- arguments
Meanings
- 1
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason
I didn't quite understand your arguments.
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Tom had a big argument with Mary.
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- 2
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.; 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
- 3
A process of reasoning; argumentation
- 4
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
- 5
A verbal dispute; a quarrel
- 6
Any dispute, altercation, or collision
- 7
Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clauserare
- 8
The independent variable of a functionrare
- 9
The phase of a complex numberrare
- 10
A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity dependsrare