English English Dictionary

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Result

Result for Argument

Argument (n.)

Proof; evidence.

Argument (n.)

A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.

Argument (n.)

A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.

Argument (n.)

The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.

Argument (n.)

Matter for question; business in hand.

Argument (n.)

The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.

Argument (n.)

The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.

Argument (v. i.)

To make an argument; to argue.