(also, countable, figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(also, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
(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.
(countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
(broadly, countable, euphemistic, humorous, uncountable) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
(countable) Any of the phrases that bear a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
(countable, uncountable) The independent variable of a function.
(countable, uncountable) The phase of a complex number.
(also, countable, uncountable) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
(countable, uncountable) A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
(countable, uncountable) A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A matter in question; a business in hand.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
(archaic, uncountable) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.