| argument | |
| 1. n. A fact or statement used to support a proposition;a reason. | |
| 2. n. A verbal dispute; a quarrel. | |
| 3. n. A process of reasoning. | |
| 4. n. (philosophy, logic) 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. | |
| 5. n. (mathematics) The independent variable of a function. | |
| 6. n. (mathematics) The phase of a complex number. | |
| 7. n. (programming) 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. | |
| 8. n. (programming) A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter. | |
| 9. n. (linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause. | |
| 10. n. (astronomy) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends. | |
| The altitude is the argument of the refraction. | |
| 11. n. 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. | |
| 12. n. Matter for question; business in hand. | |
| 13. v. To put forward as an argument; to argue. | |
