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;
• ARGUMENT n pl. -S a discussion involving differing points of view

Synonyms

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

Scrabble Score: 11

argument is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

argument is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

argument is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

argument is a valid Words With Friends word

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