argument
/ˈɑɹɡjʊmənt/ noun A2- 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. · The neighbours got into an argument about the branches of the trees that extended over the fence.
- Any dispute, altercation, or collision. · Steve got in a physical argument with his neighbor and came away with a black eye.· While biking home, he got in an argument with the pavement.
- Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
- The independent variable of a function.
Plural arguments
From the library
No arguments will give courage to the coward.
“I’m asking you to conseedar” (his accent became more Aberdonian as he lost himself in his argument) “I’m asking you to conseedar what it involves if you suppose that this gun was ever brought into the house, and that all these strange things were done by a person from outside.
“Well, let’s hear the argument.”
We will suppose, for argument’s sake, that young Cadogan West had determined to convey these papers to London.
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