Logo
Search icon

argument

/ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/

noun

Meaning

  • A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

  • A verbal dispute; a quarrel.

  • A process of reasoning.

  • A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.

  • The independent variable of a function.

  • The phase of a complex number.

  • A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.

    "Parameters are like labeled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks."

  • A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.

  • Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.

  • The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.

    "The altitude is the argument of the refraction."

  • 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.

  • Matter for question; business in hand.

Synonyms

actual argument,
passed parameter

verb

Meaning

  • (NNES) To put forward as an argument; to argue.