Associations to the word «Argument»

ARGUMENT, noun. A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

ARGUMENT, noun. A verbal dispute; a quarrel.

ARGUMENT, noun. A process of reasoning.

ARGUMENT, noun. (philosophy) (logic) 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.

ARGUMENT, noun. (mathematics) The independent variable of a function.

ARGUMENT, noun. (programming) A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.

ARGUMENT, noun. (programming) A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.

ARGUMENT, noun. (linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.

ARGUMENT, noun. (astronomy) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.

ARGUMENT, noun. 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, noun. Matter for question; business in hand.

ARGUMENT AD HOMINEM, noun. Alternative form of ad hominem argument

ARGUMENT FORM, noun. (logic) The result of replacing parts of an argument with letters, leaving only logic words such as "if" and "for all" unreplaced.

ARGUMENT FORMS, noun. Plural of argument form

ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN, noun. (theology) A teleological argument.

ARGUMENT, noun. A fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true".

ARGUMENT, noun. A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument".

ARGUMENT, noun. A discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on".

ARGUMENT, noun. A summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem".

ARGUMENT, noun. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program.

ARGUMENT, noun. A variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable.

ARGUMENT, noun. A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning".