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argument n. [
statement] a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
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argument n. [
controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, arguing] a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
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argument n. [
argumentation, debate] a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
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argument n. [
literary argument] a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"
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argument n. [
parameter] (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
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