argument

Noun

• 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
    

• a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

• (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

• a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
  • the editor added the argument to the poem
    

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
  • the argument over foreign aid goes on and on
    

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  • they were involved in a violent argument
    

• a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  • it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  argumentation , logical argument , line of reasoning , line , parameter , literary argument , debate , controversy , contention , contestation , disputation , disceptation , tilt , arguing , statement