ar·gu·ment /ˈɑrgyəmənt/
1. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
synset: controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing
3. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
synset: argument, argumentation, debate
4. a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"
synset: argument, literary_argument
5. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
6. a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
synset: argument
7. 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"
synset: argumentation, logical_argument, argument, line_of_reasoning, line
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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