<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an oral disagreement; verbal opposition; contention; altercation: a violent argument.</li><li>a discussion involving differing points of view; debate: They were deeply involved in an argument about inflation.</li><li>a process of reasoning; series of reasons: I couldn't follow his argument.</li><li>a statement, reason, or fact for or against a point: This is a strong argument in favor of her theory.</li><li>an address or composition intended to convince or persuade; persuasive discourse.</li><li>subject matter; theme: The central argument of his paper was presented clearly.</li><li>an abstract or summary of the major points in a work of prose or poetry, or of sections of such a work.</li><li>Mathematics: an independent variable of a function.</li><li>Also called amplitude.</li><li>the angle made by a given vector with the reference axis.</li><li>the angle corresponding to a point representing a given complex number in polar coordinates.</li><li>Compare principal argument.</li><li>Computers: a variable in a program, to which a value will be assigned when the program is run: often given in parentheses following a function name and used to calculate the function.</li><li>Obsolete: evidence or proof.</li><li>a matter of contention.</li></ul>