argument

英['ɑːgjʊm(ə)nt] 美['ɑrɡjumənt]

1. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true;

"it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"

2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

"they were involved in a violent argument"

3. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal;

"the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

4. a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie;

"the editor added the argument to the poem"

5. a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable