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argument [ ar·gu·ment ]
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1. An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one.
there was some argument about the decision
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2. A reason or set of reasons given in support of an idea, action or theory.
However, this supports the argument that short leases meant tenants were accountable.
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3. An independent variable associated with a function or proposition and determining its value. For example, in the expression y = F(x₁, x₂), the arguments of the function F are x₁ and x₂, and the value is y.
With Davenport he showed that any real indefinite diagonal quadratic form, in 5 or more variables, takes arbitrarily small values for nonzero integral arguments.
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4. another term for amplitude (sense 4)
5. Any of the noun phrases in a clause that are related directly to the verb, typically the subject, direct object, and indirect object.
It does not contain a semantic predicate, either, because the anaphor is not an argument of the verb.
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6. A summary of the subject matter of a book.
Origin
1. Middle English (in the sense ‘process of reasoning’): via Old French from Latin argumentum, from arguere ‘make clear, prove, accuse’.
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