argument

Meanings

• a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  • "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  • "they were involved in a violent argument"
• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
  • "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
• a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
  • "the editor added the argument to the poem"
• (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

Synonyms

arguing, argumentation, contention, contestation, controversy, debate, disceptation, disputation, line, line of reasoning, literary argument, logical argument, parameter, statement, tilt