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argument definition

argument


 
  Grep  of  noun  argument 
  argument 
  argumentation 
  literary  argument 
  logical  argument 
  specious  argument 
 
  Overview  of  noun  argument 
 
  The  noun  argument  has  5  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (23)  argument,  statement  --  (a  fact  or  assertion  offered  as  evidence  that  something  is  true;  "it  was  a  strong  argument  that  his  hypothesis  was  true") 
  2.  (21)  controversy,  contention,  contestation,  tilt,  argument,  arguing  --  (a  dispute  where  there  is  strong  disagreement;  "they  were  involved  in  a  violent  argument") 
  3.  (3)  argument,  debate  --  (a  discussion  in  which  reasons  are  advanced  for  and  against  some  proposition  or  proposal;  "the  argument  over  foreign  aid  goes  on  and  on") 
  4.  (1)  argument,  literary  argument  --  (a  summary  of  the  subject  or  plot  of  a  literary  work  or  play  or  movie;  "the  editor  added  the  argument  to  the  poem") 
  5.  argument,  independent  variable  --  (a  variable  in  a  logical  or  mathematical  expression  whose  value  determines  the  dependent  variable;  if  f(x)=y,  x  is  the  independent  variable) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  argument 
  argumentative 
 
  Overview  of  noun  argument 
 
  The  noun  argument  has  5  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (23)  argument,  statement  --  (a  fact  or  assertion  offered  as  evidence  that  something  is  true;  "it  was  a  strong  argument  that  his  hypothesis  was  true") 
  2.  (21)  controversy,  contention,  contestation,  tilt,  argument,  arguing  --  (a  dispute  where  there  is  strong  disagreement;  "they  were  involved  in  a  violent  argument") 
  3.  (3)  argument,  debate  --  (a  discussion  in  which  reasons  are  advanced  for  and  against  some  proposition  or  proposal;  "the  argument  over  foreign  aid  goes  on  and  on") 
  4.  (1)  argument,  literary  argument  --  (a  summary  of  the  subject  or  plot  of  a  literary  work  or  play  or  movie;  "the  editor  added  the  argument  to  the  poem") 
  5.  argument,  independent  variable  --  (a  variable  in  a  logical  or  mathematical  expression  whose  value  determines  the  dependent  variable;  if  f(x)=y,  x  is  the  independent  variable) 



argument definition