argument
an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation: a violent argument.
a discussion involving differing points of view; debate: They were deeply involved in an argument about inflation.
a process of reasoning; series of reasons: I couldn't follow his argument.
a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point: This is a strong argument in favor of her theory.
an address or composition intended to convince or persuade; persuasive discourse.
subject matter; theme: The central argument of his paper was presented clearly.
an abstract or summary of the major points in a work of prose or poetry, or of sections of such a work.
Mathematics.
an independent variable of a function.
Also called amplitude. the angle made by a given vector with the reference axis.
the angle corresponding to a point representing a given complex number in polar coordinates.: Compare principal argument.
Computers. a variable in a program, to which a value will be assigned when the program is run: often given in parentheses following a function name and used to calculate the function.
Obsolete.
evidence or proof.
a matter of contention.
Origin of argument
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Other words from argument
- re·ar·gu·ment, noun
Words Nearby argument
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How to use argument in a sentence
Barr was explicit about setting the table for that argument in an interview with a Chicago Tribune columnist this week.
William Barr is the poster child for politicized law enforcement officials | Philip Bump | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostWhat was important for us was finding a solution that fit the customer behavior—that’s the key argument for moving users from an illegal website to a legal one.
An Africa-focused music download service raised $6 million from its IPO to help pay artists | Yomi Kazeem | September 16, 2020 | QuartzA super PAC funded almost entirely by Illinois megadonor Richard Uihlein, Restoration has run a string of ads in the Midwest supporting local Republican candidates and making very different arguments against Joe Biden.
Murphy says that from October 2018 to March 2019, he, Nielsen, and other top DHS officials discussed how best to present their argument to Congress for building a wall on the southern border with Mexico.
You kind of need a case study to have a solid argument for an advertiser.
‘Layer of data and efficiency’: How TechCrunch took Disrupt virtual — and grew for its tenth anniversary | Max Willens | September 11, 2020 | Digiday
In 2009, a Pakistani Christian woman got into a religious argument with some Muslim women with whom she was harvesting berries.
I remember that after the movie, people were saying how depressing it was, and I started an argument with them.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMehdi Bayati has been putting forward the same argument as my middle school teachers.
50 Shades of Iran: The Mullahs’ Kinky Fantasies about Sex in the West | IranWire, Shima Sharabi | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe argument now is how to limit certain types of plays that banks can make under certain circumstances.
The New York kingmaker who died Monday believed voters could actually handle a nuanced argument.
David Garth, the Consultant Who Talked Up to Voters | Jeff Greenfield | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany people when presented with the argument above, would settle it at once with the word "socialism."
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock"But I don't see what you can shoot with it," said Davy, feeling that he was somehow getting the worst of the argument.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylThat argument was not the one of least weight in the council in determining that our fleet should not sail against the enemy.
These brilliant results were arrived at after much clamour and argument and imposing procès verbal.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeAn argument took place in a coffee-house, between two men of taste, as to the best method of dressing a beefsteak.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | Various
British Dictionary definitions for argument
/ (ˈɑːɡjʊmənt) /
a quarrel; altercation
a discussion in which reasons are put forward in support of and against a proposition, proposal, or case; debate: the argument on birth control will never be concluded
(sometimes plural) a point or series of reasons presented to support or oppose a proposition
a summary of the plot or subject of a book, etc
logic
a process of deductive or inductive reasoning that purports to show its conclusion to be true
formally, a sequence of statements one of which is the conclusion and the remainder the premises
logic an obsolete name for the middle term of a syllogism
maths
an element to which an operation, function, predicate, etc, applies, esp the independent variable of a function
the amplitude of a complex number
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Other Idioms and Phrases with argument
see under pick a quarrel.
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