Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/March 18

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Word of the day
for March 18
argument n
  1. (countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
    1. (logic, philosophy) 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.
  2. (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
  3. (countable) An abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, or poem; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
  4. (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
  5. (countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
  6. (countable, mathematics)
    1. The independent variable of a function.
    2. The phase of a complex number.
    3. (also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
  7. (countable, programming)
    1. A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
    2. A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
  8. (countable, obsolete)
    1. A matter in question; a business in hand.
    2. The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
  9. (uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.

argument v

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, also now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
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