argument

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (also, countable, figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
2. (also, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
3. (countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
4. (countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
5. (countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
6. (broadly, countable, euphemistic, humorous, uncountable) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
7. (countable) Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
8. (countable, uncountable) The independent variable of a function.
9. (countable, uncountable) The phase of a complex number.
10. (also, countable, uncountable) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
11. (countable, uncountable) A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
12. (countable, uncountable) A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
13. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A matter in question; a business in hand.
14. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
15. (archaic, uncountable) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.

Verb

1. (intransitive, nonstandard, obsolete) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.

Sinonieme

dispute

quarrel

debate

discussion

controversy

disagreement

fight

reason

contention

disputation

reasoning

argumentation

conflict

wrangle

proof

plea

argue

row

battle

squabble

statement

strife

evidence

arguing

justification

proposition

ground

combat

disceptation

contest

confusion

parameter

amplitude

altercation

claim

struggle

fuss

trouble

excuse

discuss

brawl

contestation

deliberation

demonstration

pretext

point

line

logical argument

difference of opinion

matter

Vertalings

argument

Streit

Argument

discussione

argomento

discusión

querelle

argumento

discussão

argumento

tartışma

Auseinandersetzung

dispute

Diskussion

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɑːɡjʊmənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: argument

In summary

From Middle English argument, from Anglo-Norman and Old French arguement, from Latin argumentum. The English word is analysable as argue + -ment. Doublet of argumentum.
Displaced native Old English racu and ġeflit.

Sinne

It takes two to have an argument .

The argument was upheld .

McTaggart's argument has had an enormous influence on the philosophy of time .