argument

Noun

A reason or set of reasons given for or against something.
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
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
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.
A process of reasoning; argumentation.
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.
A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
The independent variable of a function.
The phase of a complex number.
A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
A matter in question; a business in hand.
The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.

Verb

To put forward as an argument; to argue.
To adduce evidence, to provide proof.

Examples

My best argument for playing that word was the 42 points it scored.
Parameters are like labelled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks.
Steve got in a physical argument with his neighbor and came away with a black eye.
The altitude is the argument of the refraction.
The neighbours got into an argument about the branches of the trees that extended over the fence.
While biking home, he got in an argument with the pavement.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English argument, from Anglo-Norman and Old French arguement, from Latin argumentum. The English word is analysable as argue + -ment. Doublet of argumentum.
Displaced native Old English racu and ġeflit.

Synonyms

arguing, argumentation, contention, contestation, controversy, debate, disceptation, disputation, line, line of reasoning, literary argument, logical argument, parameter, statement, tilt, actual argument, altercation, argument, argy-bargy, assertion, barney, basis, bawl out, blue, bobbery, brawl, claim, clash, conflict, difference, ding-dong, disagreement, discordance, disharmony, dispute, dissonance, disunion, dustup, face-off, falling out, feud, fight, flite, hassle, passed parameter, proof, quarrel, quibble, row, spat, squabble, tangle, threap, tiff, wrangle

Antonyms

recantation

Scrabble Score: 11

argument: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
argument: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
argument: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

argument: valid Words With Friends Word