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argument: Word of the day for March 18, 2021

argument , n :
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason. (logic, philosophy) 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. (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation. (countable) An abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, or poem; (figuratively) the contents themselves. (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel. (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause. (countable, mathematics) The independent variable of a function. The phase of a complex number. (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends. (countable, programming) A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function. A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter. (countable, obsolete) A matter in question; a business in hand. The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic. (uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof. argument v (intransitive, obsolete, also now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue. (intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.

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