a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
“it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true”
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”
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
“they were involved in a violent argument”
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