noun a quarrel ○ Nobody would back her up in her argument with the boss. ○ The argument took place in the restaurant. □ to get into an argument with someone to start to argue with someone ○ He got into an argument with the customs officials.
ar´gu•ment
n. [F. argument, L. argumentum, fr. arguere to argue.]
1. Proof; evidence. [Obs.] “There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity.
Ray.” “Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion?
South.”
2. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
3. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation. “The argument is about things, but names.
Locke.”
4. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. “You and love are still my argument.
Shak.” “The abstract or argument of the piece.
Jeffrey.” “[Shields] with boastful argument portrayed.
Milton.”
5. Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] “Sheathed their swords for lack of argument.
Shak.”
6. (Astron.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
7. (Math.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. Brande & C.
1. Proof; evidence. [Obs.] “There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity.
Ray.” “Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion?
South.”
2. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
3. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation. “The argument is about things, but names.
Locke.”
4. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. “You and love are still my argument.
Shak.” “The abstract or argument of the piece.
Jeffrey.” “[Shields] with boastful argument portrayed.
Milton.”
5. Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] “Sheathed their swords for lack of argument.
Shak.”
6. (Astron.) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
7. (Math.) The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends. Brande & C.
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