Argument(n.)
- A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
Argument(n.)
- A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
Argument(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.
Argument(n.)
- Matter for question; business in hand.
Argument(n.)
- The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
Argument(n.)
- The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
Argumental(a.)
- Of, pertaining to, or containing, argument; argumentative.
Argumentation(n.)
- The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true.