单词 | argument |
释义 | Word Frequency argument(ˈɑːɡjʊmənt) noun 1. a quarrel; altercation 2. a discussion in which reasons are put forward in support of and against a proposition, proposal, or case; debate the argument on public sector pay will continue 3. (sometimes plural) a point or series of reasons presented to support or oppose a proposition 4. a summary of the plot or subject of a book, etc 5. logic a. a process of deductive or inductive reasoning that purports to show its conclusion to be true b. formally, a sequence of statements one of which is the conclusion and the remainder the premises 6. logic an obsolete name for the middle term of a syllogism 7. mathematics a. an element to which an operation, function, predicate, etc, applies, esp the independent variable of a function b. the amplitude of a complex number |
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