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argument - noun

  • a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true
  • a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  • a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
  • a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie
  • (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
  • a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
  • a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

    • argument - thesaurus

    arguing   argumentation   contention   contestation   controversy   debate   disceptation   disputation   line   parameter   statement   tilt  


    View spelling list Some harder ar words and learn about the word argument in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 10. Spelling choices for /ar/ sound; ar, a.

    Scrabble score for argument

    a is 1 r is 1 g is 2 u is 1 m is 3 e is 1 n is 1 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 11

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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