argument

argument has 15 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. Proof; evidence.
• n.. 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.
• n.. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
• n.. 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.
• n.. Matter for question; business in hand.
• n.. The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
• n.. The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
• v. i.. To make an argument; to argue.
• n.. a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
• 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.. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
• n.. a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"