argument
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- n a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true - n a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
they were involved in a violent argument - n a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
the argument over foreign aid goes on and on - n a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
the editor added the argument to the poem - n (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
- n a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
- n a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
- Therefore, the argument runs, a government deficit crowds out private investment and does not raise output.
- In the latest issue of PTI magazine, former PTI managing editor Walter Isaacson (and the guy who hired me) makes the argument that for newspapers to survive, they need to begin .
- The Obama campaign says the Illinois senator will present his closing argument Monday morning in Canton.