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Meaning of argument

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  argument
      n 1: a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is
           true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was
           true" [syn: {argument}, {statement}]
      2: a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong
         disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
         [syn: {controversy}, {contention}, {contestation},
         {disputation}, {disceptation}, {tilt}, {argument}, {arguing}]
      3: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against
         some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid
         goes on and on" [syn: {argument}, {argumentation}, {debate}]
      4: a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play
         or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem" [syn:
         {argument}, {literary argument}]
      5: (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a
         function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program [syn:
         {argument}, {parameter}]
      6: a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose
         value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the
         independent variable
      7: 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" [syn: {argumentation},
         {logical argument}, {argument}, {line of reasoning}, {line}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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