transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈär-gyə-mənt ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin argumentum, from arguere
Date: 14th century
1. obsolete : an outward sign : indication
2.
a. : a reason given in proof or rebuttal
b. : discourse intended to persuade
3.
a. : the act or process of arguing : argumentation
b. : a coherent series of statements leading from a premise to a conclusion
c. : quarrel , disagreement
4. : an abstract or summary especially of a literary work
a later editor added an argument to the poem
5. : the subject matter especially of a literary work
6.
a. : one of the independent variables upon whose value that of a function depends
b. : a substantive (as the direct object of a transitive verb) that is required by a predicate in grammar
c. : amplitude 4