argument

(n) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
- it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true
statement,
(n) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
- they were involved in a violent argument
arguing, contestation, controversy, disceptation, contention, disputation, tilt,
(n) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
- the argument over foreign aid goes on and on
argumentation, debate,
(n) a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
- the editor added the argument to the poem
literary argument,
(n) (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program parameter,
(n) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
(n) 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
line of reasoning, logical argument, argumentation, line,

statement arguing contestation controversy disceptation contention disputation tilt argumentation debate literary argument parameter line of reasoning logical argument line

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