n. | 1. | Proof; evidence. |
2. | A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; | |
3. | A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation. | |
4. | 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. | |
5. | Matter for question; business in hand. | |
6. | (Astron.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; | |
7. | (Math.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. | |
v. i. | 1. | To make an argument; to argue. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: statement |
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3. | argument - a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" Synonyms: argumentation, debate | |
4. | argument - a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem" Synonyms: literary argument | |
5. | argument - a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable |
ARGUMENT, practice. Cicero defines it ii probable reason proposed in order to induce belief. Ratio probabilis et idonea ad faciendam fidem. The logicians define it more scientifically to be a means, which by its connexion between two extremes) establishes a relation between them. This subject belongs rather to rhetoric and logic than to law.
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