argument.

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

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

A process of reasoning; argumentation.

An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.

A verbal dispute; a quarrel.

The neighbours got into an argument about the branches of the trees that extended over the fence.

Any dispute, altercation, or collision.

Steve got in a physical argument with his neighbor and came away with a black eye.

While biking home, he got in an argument with the pavement.

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

The independent variable of a function.

The phase of a complex number.

A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.

The altitude is the argument of the refraction.

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

Parameters are like labelled 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.

A matter in question; a business in hand.

The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.

Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.

To put forward as an argument; to argue.

To adduce evidence, to provide proof.