Definitions for argument

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argument ar·gu·ment

Spelling: [ahr-gyuh-muh nt]

IPA: /ˈɑr gyə mənt/

Argument is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 387 anagrams from letters in argument (aegmnrtu).

Definitions for argument

noun

1. an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation:
2. a discussion involving differing points of view; debate:
3. a process of reasoning; series of reasons:
4. a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point:
5. an address or composition intended to convince or persuade; persuasive discourse.
6. subject matter; theme:
7. an abstract or summary of the major points in a work of prose or poetry, or of sections of such a work.
8. Mathematics. an independent variable of a function. Also called amplitude. the angle made by a given vector with the reference axis. the angle corresponding to a point representing a given complex number in polar coordinates. Compare principal argument.
9. Computers. a variable in a program, to which a value will be assigned when the program is run: often given in parentheses following a function name and used to calculate the function.
10. Obsolete. evidence or proof. a matter of contention.

Origin of argument

1325-75; Middle English (Old French) Latin argūmentum. See argue, -ment

Examples for argument

But Jeff Rankin swept all argument away with a movement of his big paws.

History itself has been aptly described as an argument un-ended.

I remember that after the movie, people were saying how depressing it was, and I started an argument with them.

And always, in response to every argument, Mary shook her head in negation.

It was evident that Dick perceived the futility of argument.

The argument now is how to limit certain types of plays that banks can make under certain circumstances.

This is where I think the argument against me falls off the cliff.

Obama and the Democrats have embraced the argument that suburbs and sprawl are bad for you.

How I closed the argument—the conversation and the interview—and escaped from her, I know not.

The man assented to her argument, and went to look out the two beds she wanted.