Argumentnoun
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason .
Argumentnoun
A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
Argumentnoun
A process of reasoning.
Argumentnoun
A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
Argumentnoun
(mathematics) The independent variable of a function.
Argumentnoun
(mathematics) The phase of a complex number.
Argumentnoun
(programming) A value , or reference to a value, passed to a function.
Argumentnoun
(programming) A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
Argumentnoun
(linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
Argumentnoun
(astronomy) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.
Argumentnoun
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.
Argumentnoun
Matter for question; business in hand.
Argumentverb
To put forward as an argument; to argue.
Argumentnoun
Proof; evidence.
Argumentnoun
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.
Argumentnoun
A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
Argumentnoun
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.
Argumentnoun
Matter for question; business in hand.
Argumentnoun
The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
Argumentnoun
The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
Argumentverb
To make an argument; to argue.
Argumentnoun
a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true;
Argumentnoun
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement;
Argumentnoun
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal;
Argumentnoun
a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie;
Argumentnoun
a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
Argumentnoun
an exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one
Argumentnoun
a reason or set of reasons given in support of an idea, action or theory
Argumentnoun
an independent variable associated with a function or proposition and determining its value. For example, in the expression y = F(x₁, x₂), the arguments of the function F are x₁ and x₂, and the value is y.
Argumentnoun
another term for amplitude (sense 4)
Argumentnoun
any of the noun phrases in a clause that are related directly to the verb, typically the subject, direct object, and indirect object.
Argumentnoun
a summary of the subject matter of a book.
Argument
In logic and philosophy, an argument is a series of statements (in a natural language), called the premises or premisses (both spellings are acceptable), intended to determine the degree of truth of another statement, the conclusion. The logical form of an argument in a natural language can be represented in a symbolic formal language, and independently of natural language formally defined can be made in math and computer science.
Rownoun
A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
Rownoun
A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to bottom.
Rownoun
An act or instance of rowing.
Rownoun
(weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
Rownoun
A noisy argument.
Rownoun
A continual loud noise.
Rowverb
To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
Rowverb
(transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
Rowverb
(intransitive) To be moved by oars.
Rowverb
(intransitive) to argue noisily
Rowadjective
Rough; stern; angry.
Rownoun
A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance; a brawl.
Rownoun
A series of persons or things arranged in a continued line; a line; a rank; a file; as, a row of trees; a row of houses or columns.
Rownoun
The act of rowing; excursion in a rowboat.
Rowverb
To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water; as, to row a boat.
Rowverb
To transport in a boat propelled with oars; as, to row the captain ashore in his barge.
Rowverb
To use the oar; as, to row well.
Rowverb
To be moved by oars; as, the boat rows easily.
Rownoun
an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line;
Rownoun
an angry dispute;
Rownoun
a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally);
Rownoun
(construction) a layer of masonry;
Rownoun
a linear array of numbers side by side
Rownoun
a continuous chronological succession without an interruption;
Rownoun
the act of rowing as a sport
Rowverb
propel with oars;