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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•gu•ment /ˈɑrgyəmənt/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a disagreement or quarrel in words.
- [countable] a discussion involving differing points of view;
debate. - a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point:[countable]an argument in favor of disarmament.
- discourse intended to persuade:[uncountable]Argument proved useless.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ar•gu•ment (är′gyə mənt),USA pronunciation n. - an oral disagreement;
verbal opposition;
contention;
altercation:a violent argument. - a discussion involving differing points of view;
debate:They were deeply involved in an argument about inflation. - a process of reasoning;
series of reasons:I couldn't follow his argument. - a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point:This is a strong argument in favor of her theory.
- an address or composition intended to convince or persuade;
persuasive discourse. - subject matter;
theme:The central argument of his paper was presented clearly. - Literaturean abstract or summary of the major points in a work of prose or poetry, or of sections of such a work.
- Mathematics
- an independent variable of a function.
- Also called amplitude. the angle made by a given vector with the reference axis.
- Mathematicsthe angle corresponding to a point representing a given complex number in polar coordinates. Cf. principal argument.
- Computinga variable in a program, to which a value will be assigned when the program is run: often given in parentheses following a function name and used to calculate the function.
- [Obs.]
- evidence or proof.
- a matter of contention.
- Latin argūmentum. See argue, -ment
- Old French)
- Middle English (1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Argument, controversy, dispute imply the expression of opinions for and against some idea. An argument usually arises from a disagreement between two persons, each of whom advances facts supporting his or her own point of view. A controversy or a dispute may involve two or more persons. A dispute is an oral contention, usually brief, and often of a heated, angry, or undignified character:a violent dispute over a purchase.A controversy is an oral or written expression of contrary opinions, and may be dignified and of some duration:a political controversy.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: argument /ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/ n - a quarrel; altercation
- a discussion in which reasons are put forward in support of and against a proposition, proposal, or case; debate
- (sometimes plural) a point or series of reasons presented to support or oppose a proposition
- a summary of the plot or subject of a book, etc
- a process of deductive or inductive reasoning that purports to show its conclusion to be true
- an obsolete name for the middle term of a syllogism
- an element to which an operation, function, predicate, etc, applies, esp the independent variable of a function
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