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argument

noun

a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"
Synonyms: statement
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
Synonyms: arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
Synonyms: argumentation, debate
a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"
Synonyms: literary argument
a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable