1. (

• argument ,
• statement ,

) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true" ;

2. (

• controversy ,
• contention ,
• contestation ,
• disputation ,
• disceptation ,
• tilt ,
• argument ,
• arguing

) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" ;

3. (

• argument ,
• argumentation ,
• debate ,

) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" ;

4. (

• argument ,
• literary_argument

) a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem" ;

5. (

• argument ,
• parameter

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

6. (

• argument

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

7. (

• argumentation ,
• logical_argument ,
• argument ,
• line_of_reasoning ,
• line ,

) 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" ;